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Three bowl barrows is a Bronze Age burial monument comprising three separate mounds located west of Barbury Castle in Wiltshire. The barrows form part of a larger cemetery complex in this area, reflecting the funerary practices and settlement patterns of the Bronze Age population in the Upper Chalk downlands of North Wiltshire. Bowl barrows, the simplest and most common form of Bronze Age burial mound, typically consist of a single central grave beneath a low earthen mound, and those at this location demonstrate the typical morphology of such monuments from the second millennium BC. The site's proximity to Barbury Castle, an Iron Age hillfort, situates these Bronze Age remains within a landscape of long-term ceremonial and defensive significance.
Three bowl barrows: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012165. View the official record →
Three bowl barrows is a Bronze Age burial monument comprising three separate mounds located west of Barbury Castle in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012165.
Three bowl barrows: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle 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 1012165.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow in The Belt, 350m north east of Hill Barn (8.8 km), Bowl barrow 200m north of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery (9.7 km), Bowl barrow 200m east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery (9.8 km).
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Three bowl barrows: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.