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Two bowl barrows on Stoke Down 650m south west of Foxhole Cottage is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument located in Wiltshire. The site consists of two distinct barrow mounds, typical of the round barrow tradition that characterised funerary practice across southern England during the later prehistoric period. Bowl barrows represent one of the simplest forms of barrow construction, comprising earthen mounds raised over burial deposits without complex internal structures. The monument survives as an upstanding archaeological feature and forms part of the broader landscape of prehistoric burial sites characteristic of Wiltshire's chalk downlands.
Two bowl barrows on Stoke Down 650m south west of Foxhole Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017169. View the official record →
Two bowl barrows on Stoke Down 650m south west of Foxhole Cottage is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017169.
Two bowl barrows on Stoke Down 650m south west of Foxhole Cottage 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 1017169.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 270m north of Grim's Ditch, near Tidpit Common (9.1 km), Bowl barrow 330m north of Grim's Ditch, near Tidpit Common (9.1 km), Three associated linear earthworks on Martin Down (9.2 km).
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Two bowl barrows on Stoke Down 650m south west of Foxhole Cottage stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.