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Two bowl barrows 350m south east of Baden Down Farm is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire. Bowl barrows are among the most common types of prehistoric burial mounds in Britain, typically consisting of a central burial chamber beneath a dome-shaped earthwork surrounded by a ditch. The Baden Down examples, situated in open downland, represent the established pattern of barrow cemetery distribution characteristic of Wessex's prehistoric landscape. Such monuments, whether constructed during the Neolithic period or more prolifically during the Bronze Age, serve as important evidence for early settlement patterns, mortuary practices, and territorial organisation in the English chalk uplands.
Two bowl barrows 350m south east of Baden Down Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018626. View the official record →
Two bowl barrows 350m south east of Baden Down Farm is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018626.
Two bowl barrows 350m south east of Baden Down Farm 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 1018626.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bell barrow 550m east of New Barn, Earl's Farm Down (9.8 km), Bowl barrow at the east end of Earl's Farm Down (9.9 km), Bowl barrow 80m north of the A303, north east of Vespasian's Camp (10.1 km).
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Two bowl barrows 350m south east of Baden Down Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.