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Three bowl barrows 220m west of Vespasian's Camp is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire, England. The three barrows represent a characteristic funerary practice of the Bronze Age period, when communities across southern Britain constructed earthen mounds to mark burial sites and commemorate the dead. Bowl barrows are among the most common and enduring forms of prehistoric burial monument, typically consisting of a simple dome or bowl-shaped mound of earth raised over a central burial deposit. Their proximity to Vespasian's Camp, an Iron Age hillfort, situates them within a wider landscape of ritual and settlement significance that spans multiple prehistoric periods.
Three bowl barrows 220m west of Vespasian's Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012132. View the official record →
Three bowl barrows 220m west of Vespasian's Camp is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012132.
Three bowl barrows 220m west of Vespasian's Camp 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 1012132.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gomeldon deserted village (7.2 km), Newton Barrow (7.4 km), A pond barrow and a bowl barrow 200m south east of St Mary's Church forming outliers to a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Gunner (7.7 km).
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