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Bowl barrow 380m west of the western edge of Hawcombe Copse, Charlton Down

A Scheduled Monument in Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.9837 / 50°59'1"N

Longitude: -2.1372 / 2°8'13"W

OS Eastings: 390464.430957

OS Northings: 120483.762554

OS Grid: ST904204

Mapcode National: GBR 1XZ.6HP

Mapcode Global: FRA 66DH.Z2G

Entry Name: Bowl barrow 380m west of the western edge of Hawcombe Copse, Charlton Down

Scheduled Date: 15 July 1955

Last Amended: 17 April 1997

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1015942

English Heritage Legacy ID: 26827

County: Wiltshire

Civil Parish: Donhead St. Mary

Traditional County: Wiltshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire

Church of England Parish: Donhead St Mary the Virgin

Church of England Diocese: Salisbury

Details

The monument includes a bowl barrow lying on a south facing slope of Charlton
Down 380m west of the western edge of Hawcombe Copse.
The barrow includes a flat topped mound 17m in diameter and 1.2m high. The
centre of the mound is slightly hollowed and has been filled with flint
nodules. Surrounding the mound is a ditch 2m wide and 0.2m deep from which
material for its construction was quarried.

MAP EXTRACT
The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.
It includes a 2 metre boundary around the archaeological features,
considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.

Source: Historic England

Reasons for Scheduling

Bowl barrows, the most numerous form of round barrow, are funerary monuments
dating from the Late Neolithic period to the Late Bronze Age, with most
examples belonging to the period 2400-1500 BC. They were constructed as
earthen or rubble mounds, sometimes ditched, which covered single or multiple
burials. They occur either in isolation or grouped as cemeteries and often
acted as a focus for burials in later periods. Often superficially similar,
although differing widely in size, they exhibit regional variations in form
and a diversity of burial practices. There are over 10,000 surviving bowl
barrows recorded nationally (many more have already been destroyed), occurring
across most of lowland Britain. Often occupying prominent locations, they are
a major historic element in the modern landscape and their considerable
variation of form and longevity as a monument type provide important
information on the diversity of beliefs and social organisations amongst early
prehistoric communities. They are particularly representative of their period
and a substantial proportion of surviving examples are considered worthy of
protection.

The bowl barrow 380m west of the western edge of Hawcombe Copse is a well
preserved example of its class and will contain archaeological remains
providing information about Bronze Age beliefs, economy and environment.

Source: Historic England

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