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Three bowl barrows 150m south of the A303, north of Luxenborough Plantation is a Bronze Age funerary monument in Wiltshire. The site comprises three round barrows of the bowl type, characteristic burial mounds of the Bronze Age period that typically contained inhumation or cremation deposits within a central grave pit, often surrounded by a ditch. Bowl barrows of this form are among the most common Bronze Age monuments in the Wessex landscape, reflecting the widespread practice of constructing individual or grouped burial mounds across the chalk downlands during the second and early first millennia before the common era. The monument's survival and scheduled status indicate its significance to the archaeological record of Bronze Age mortuary practice and settlement patterns in this region of central southern England.
Three bowl barrows 150m south of the A303, north of Luxenborough Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012372. View the official record →
Three bowl barrows 150m south of the A303, north of Luxenborough Plantation is a Bronze Age funerary monument in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012372.
Three bowl barrows 150m south of the A303, north of Luxenborough Plantation 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 1012372.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Newton Barrow (6.8 km), Gomeldon deserted village (8 km), 'Ende Burgh' long barrow (8.3 km).
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Three bowl barrows 150m south of the A303, north of Luxenborough Plantation stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.