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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Boles Barrow Alternative Name: Heytesbury 1, Bowl's Barrow, Bowls Barrow
Country: England County: Wiltshire Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Warminster
Map Ref: ST9420346771
Latitude: 51.220105N  Longitude: 2.084387W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 1 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Boles Barrow
Boles Barrow submitted by Andy B : The recent Boles Barrow dig with Richard Osgood and army veteran volunteers. Photos from press day visit by Amanda Chadburn. (Vote or comment on this photo)
A 48 metre long barrow on Salisbury Plain, 4.6 metres high. Excavated in 1801 and later by W Cunnington, in 1864 by J Thurnam and in 1885-6 by W and H Cunnington. The excavations indicated that there was a primary deposit of at least 16 skeletons, on a flint pavement at ground level, with heads and horns of oxen, overlaid by sarsens. Nearby was a block of bluestone in a hollow. Three intrusive and probably Saxon inhumation burials were found.

Source: Pastscape monument no. 211227

Access: This site is on Ministry of Defence land so access is very limited and only by arrangement with them.

Note: The recent Boles Barrow dig with Richard Osgood and army veteran volunteers has reportedly found the barrow much better preserved than previously thought. With thanks to Amanda Chadburn for photos from press day, more linked from our page.
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Boles Barrow
Boles Barrow submitted by Andy B : The recent Boles Barrow dig with Richard Osgood and army veteran volunteers. Photos from press day visit by Amanda Chadburn. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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ST9446 : 2011 : Toward Bowl's Barrow from the road to Imber by Maurice Pullin
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ST9347 : Bowls Barrow, Wiltshire by Rebecca A Wills
by Rebecca A Wills
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Thurs April 20th New Investigations of Boles Barrow ONLINE talk by Richard Osgood by Andy B on Friday, 14 April 2023
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Out Of The Blue – New Investigations of Boles Barrow – ONLINE talk by Richard Osgood
Thursday, April 20, 2023

Boles Barrow is sited on a windswept ridge of Salisbury Plain overlooking hillforts, barrows and vast tracts of open land.

It has been shelled, driven over, excavated three times, and been home to badgers but still retains mystery. Was it the resting place of combat victims? Is it a crucial piece in the Stonehenge bluestone conundrum? And why is the war poet Siegfried Sassoon connected with it? New fieldwork at this site has aimed to examine some of these questions whilst aiming to preserve this monument for future generations.

£12 for an online talk is a bit steep but the money is going to Salisbury Museum:

https://salisburymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/out-of-the-blue-new-investigations-of-boles-barrow-online-talk-by-richard-osgood/
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The Blue Stone from Boles Barrow by Andy B on Tuesday, 28 March 2023
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THE “BLUE STONE” FROM BOLES BARROW By B. Howard Cunnington, 1924

In the Wilts Archaeological Magazine, Vol. xli., No. 133, pp. 172-4, is a note on the finding of a ‘ Blue hard Stone ye same as at Stonehenge,” in Boles Barrow by Wm. Cunnington, F.S.A., of Heytesbury. This note left many points undecided, but since it was written other important facts bearing on the subject have come to light. In order that the subject may be complete, I venture, at the risk of repetition, to give a full account of what is known of the matter.
https://archive.org/details/wiltshirearchaeo421922192/page/n477/mode/2up

The Boles Barrow Bluestone by Tim Daw
https://www.sarsen.org/2022/08/the-boles-barrow-bluestone.html
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Bowls Barrow Dig photos by Andy B on Tuesday, 28 March 2023
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Photos from the recent evaluation of Boles Barrow on Salisbury Plain with Richard Osgood and military veteran volunteers.

Day 2 at Boles Barrow with lots of flints (including tools), some sarsen (whoop!) and a Roman coin. Also a clay pipe stem so tempting to link to previous diggers.
https://twitter.com/richardhosgood/status/1638257241525481486

Day 3 - odd finds with Roman pot rim,military steak/kidney pudding (!) & LOTS of flint flakes. Just at the end though, untouched chalk core or original barrow mound AND what looks to be burnt sarsen and flint at the base of the mound
https://twitter.com/richardhosgood/status/1638616568929349632

https://twitter.com/richardhosgood/status/1638976607896600576

Part of a flint blade from the buried land surface below the barrow
https://twitter.com/richardhosgood/status/1639342034413658112

Photos by Amanda Chadburn:
https://twitter.com/AmandaChadburn/status/1640352024263835649

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Re: Bowls Barrow by Zooks777 on Thursday, 19 August 2021
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Prominent, trending ~E-W in an area of very heavy military activity on Environment Agency lidar (grey icon next to CamRA). Excavation pit at E end
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