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Two bowl barrows 560m and 670m east of Rodmead Farm

England
List entry 1017700
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017700
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.08 hectares
Grid reference
ST 81982 36596, ST 82059 36356
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Two bowl barrows 560m and 670m east of Rodmead Farm is a pair of Bronze Age funerary monuments located in Wiltshire. The two barrows represent typical examples of the simple hemispherical burial mounds that were constructed throughout southern England during the Bronze Age, a practice reflecting the ritual and social practices of prehistoric communities. Their location in the chalk downland landscape of Wiltshire, an area particularly rich in such monuments, indicates their significance within the broader pattern of Bronze Age settlement and burial practice in the region. The barrows form part of the dispersed prehistoric monument complex characteristic of Wiltshire's archaeological heritage.

Two bowl barrows 560m and 670m east of Rodmead Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017700. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Two bowl barrows 560m and 670m east of Rodmead Farm?

Two bowl barrows 560m and 670m east of Rodmead Farm is a pair of Bronze Age funerary monuments located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017700.

Who is responsible for protecting Two bowl barrows 560m and 670m east of Rodmead Farm?

Two bowl barrows 560m and 670m east of Rodmead 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 1017700.

What other scheduled monuments are near Two bowl barrows 560m and 670m east of Rodmead Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval field system (3.3 km), Bowl barrow 190m north east of Burton Farm (4.1 km), Mere Castle (4.1 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Medieval field system
3.3 km
Bowl barrow 190m north east of Burton Farm
4.1 km
Mere Castle
4.1 km
Four bowl barrows on Long Hill, 220m west of Mere Castle
4.2 km
Barrow on The Warren
6 km
Orchard Castle
6.9 km
Pen Pits quern quarries N of Combe Bottom
7 km
Pen Pits quern quarries SE of Hart Hill
7.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Two bowl barrows 560m and 670m east of Rodmead Farm

Two bowl barrows 560m and 670m east of Rodmead Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Two bowl barrows 560m and 670m east of Rodmead Farm

Cadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~13.7 milesBathRoman town · ~18 milesStonehengeArchaeological site · ~19.1 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~19.7 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~21.4 milesBattle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643Battle (1643) · ~21.6 milesBattle of LansdowneBattle (1643) · ~21.8 miles
Domesday entry for Bradley, Wiltshire →
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