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Old Hat Barrow is a bowl barrow located in Wiltshire, England, dating to the Bronze Age. The monument survives as a mounded earthwork characteristic of funerary structures from this period, when such barrows served as burial places for individuals of status within prehistoric communities. Bowl barrows represent one of the most common forms of Bronze Age monument in southern England, typically comprising a circular mound of earth and stone raised over inhumed or cremated remains. The barrow's survival and formal recognition on the National Heritage List reflects its archaeological significance as a record of Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in Wiltshire.
Old Hat Barrow, bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009781. View the official record →
Old Hat Barrow is a bowl barrow located in Wiltshire, England, dating to the Bronze Age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009781.
Old Hat Barrow, bowl barrow is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1009781.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Boundary earthwork running south from Dunch Hill, through Brigmerston Plantation and Milston Down. (9.5 km), Bowl barrow: one of four round barrows on Hare Warren (9.8 km), Two of four round barrows on Hare Warren (9.8 km).
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