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Three bowl barrows 200m east of Manor Farm: part of a group of round barrows on Porton Down

England
List entry 1013972
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013972
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.46 hectares
Grid reference
SU 20686 36105
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Three bowl barrows 200m east of Manor Farm is a group of round barrows situated on Porton Down in Wiltshire. These monuments date to the Bronze Age and form part of a wider barrow cemetery within the Porton Down landscape. The three barrows are of bowl type, the most common form of round barrow found across southern England, constructed as burial mounds during the second millennium BCE. Their presence within this concentration of funerary monuments on Porton Down reflects the significance of the location as a ritual and burial landscape in prehistory.

Three bowl barrows 200m east of Manor Farm: part of a group of round barrows on Porton Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013972. View the official record →

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What is Three bowl barrows 200m east of Manor Farm: part of a group of round barrows on Porton Down?

Three bowl barrows 200m east of Manor Farm is a group of round barrows situated on Porton Down in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013972.

Who is responsible for protecting Three bowl barrows 200m east of Manor Farm: part of a group of round barrows on Porton Down?

Three bowl barrows 200m east of Manor Farm: part of a group of round barrows on Porton 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 1013972.

What other scheduled monuments are near Three bowl barrows 200m east of Manor Farm: part of a group of round barrows on Porton Down?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman earthwork (3.7 km), Fussell's long barrow (3.9 km), Clarendon Palace (6.2 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Roman earthwork
3.7 km
Fussell's long barrow
3.9 km
Clarendon Palace
6.2 km
Section of Roman road by Upper and Lower Noad's Copse
6.6 km
Medieval pottery kilns, Milford Farm
8 km
Milford Hill Bridge
8 km
City rampart E of Council House
8.2 km
Roman villa at East Grimstead
9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Three bowl barrows 200m east of Manor Farm: part of a group of round barrows on Porton Down

Three bowl barrows 200m east of Manor Farm: part of a group of round barrows on Porton Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Three bowl barrows 200m east of Manor Farm: part of a group of round barrows on Porton Down

Old SarumArchaeological site · ~4.8 milesStonehengeArchaeological site · ~6.5 milesWinchesterRoman town · ~17.5 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~20.4 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~21.7 milesFirst Battle of NewburyBattle (1643) · ~23.9 miles
Domesday entry for Porton, Wiltshire →
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