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Punch Bowl is a round barrow located in Wiltshire, England, dating to the Bronze Age. The monument survives as an earthwork mound and represents a funerary structure typical of the second millennium BCE, when such barrows served as burial monuments for individuals of status within contemporary communities. Its preservation as an upstanding earthwork contributes to the archaeological record of Bronze Age burial practice in the Wiltshire landscape, an area rich in prehistoric ceremonial and funerary monuments.
Punch Bowl round barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005612. View the official record →
Punch Bowl is a round barrow located in Wiltshire, England, dating to the Bronze Age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005612.
Punch Bowl round 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 1005612.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long barrow south-west of Vernditch Chase (9.6 km), Bronze Age and Romano-British enclosure on Martin Down, east of Bokerley Junction (9.7 km), Bowl barrow 520m north east of the shoulder angle of Bokerley Dyke on Martin Down (9.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Punch Bowl round barrow's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Punch Bowl round barrow stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.