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Three bowl barrows on Trow Down 520m north west and 545m west of Bigley Buildings is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire. The site comprises three separate burial mounds characteristic of the Bronze Age period, when such earthen barrows served as communal or high-status burial structures across southern Britain. The barrows are situated on Trow Down, part of the wider landscape of prehistoric monuments that densely populate the Wiltshire chalk downlands. These monuments represent important archaeological evidence of Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in the region.
Three bowl barrows on Trow Down 520m north west and 545m west of Bigley Buildings is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020956. View the official record →
Three bowl barrows on Trow Down 520m north west and 545m west of Bigley Buildings is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020956.
Three bowl barrows on Trow Down 520m north west and 545m west of Bigley Buildings 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 1020956.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrows near Thickthorn Farm (8.5 km), Long mound 1500yds (1370m) E of Higher Farm (8.9 km), Long barrow 360m SSW of Chettle House (9.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Three bowl barrows on Trow Down 520m north west and 545m west of Bigley Buildings's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Three bowl barrows on Trow Down 520m north west and 545m west of Bigley Buildings stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.