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Three bowl barrows on Whitepits Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument group located in Wiltshire. The three barrows are characteristic examples of the bowl barrow form, round burial mounds that were widely constructed across southern England during the Bronze Age, particularly in the second and early first millennia BC. These monuments represent the funerary practices of prehistoric communities and contribute to the substantial archaeological landscape of Neolithic and Bronze Age ritual and burial sites found across the Wiltshire chalk downlands. The barrows have been designated as scheduled monuments in recognition of their archaeological importance and the evidence they retain for understanding prehistoric settlement and mortuary customs.
Three bowl barrows on Whitepits Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012164. View the official record →
Three bowl barrows on Whitepits Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument group located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012164.
Three bowl barrows on Whitepits 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 1012164.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows and a pond barrow, 720m and 760m NE of Wood Farm (5 km), Medieval field system (5.1 km), Barrow 1/4 mile (400m) NW of Willoughby Hedge (5.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Three bowl barrows on Whitepits Down's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Three bowl barrows on Whitepits Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.