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Three bowl barrows 220m west of Vespasian's Camp is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Wiltshire, England. The three barrows form part of the wider landscape of prehistoric funerary monuments associated with the Chalk downland of the region, typical of ritual and burial practices during the Bronze Age period. Bowl barrows of this type are among the most common forms of Bronze Age burial mound, characterised by their simple hemispherical earthwork construction. The proximity of these three examples to Vespasian's Camp, an Iron Age hillfort, demonstrates the long continuity of ritual and settlement activity across this landscape from the Bronze Age onwards.
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 burial 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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Three bowl barrows 220m west of Vespasian's Camp stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.