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A pair of bowl barrows 650m south west of Beckhampton Buildings is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down in Wiltshire. Bowl barrows are among the most common form of prehistoric burial mound, characterised by a simple dome-shaped earthwork with a central burial pit or grave. This site represents part of the substantial cemetery landscape that developed on the chalk uplands of North Wiltshire during the Bronze Age, reflecting intensive use of this area for ceremonial burial practices. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork and retains archaeological significance for understanding prehistoric mortuary practices and settlement patterns in the region.
Pair of bowl barrows 650m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013241. View the official record →
A pair of bowl barrows 650m south west of Beckhampton Buildings is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013241.
Pair of bowl barrows 650m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down 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 1013241.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site (4.4 km), Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill (5.1 km), Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse (5.5 km).
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Pair of bowl barrows 650m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.