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

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History & significance

Three bowl barrows 200m east of Manor Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument forming part of a larger barrow cemetery on Porton Down in Wiltshire. The three mounds are typical examples of bowl barrows, the most common form of round barrow constructed during the Early to Middle Bronze Age, roughly 2000–1500 BCE, characterised by their simple hemispherical earthen mounds raised over cremated or inhumed burials. Located within the extensive ceremonial and funerary landscape of Porton Down, these barrows are representative of the ritual and burial practices of Bronze Age communities in the Chalk downlands of Wessex. The site remains an important archaeological component of the Porton Down barrow group, which preserves evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and funerary traditions across the Hampshire-Wiltshire border region.

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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