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A group of nine round barrows on Milston Down is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Wiltshire, England. The barrows represent a characteristic funerary landscape of the second millennium before the present, when such earthen mounds served as burial markers for individuals of varying social status within prehistoric communities. The monuments exhibit the typical morphology of Bronze Age round barrows, comprising circular earth and stone mounds raised over inhumed or cremated remains, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the ritual practices of the period. Their survival as a discrete group on Milston Down preserves important archaeological evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial practices within the Wiltshire chalk downlands.
A group of nine round barrows on Milston Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009822. View the official record →
A group of nine round barrows on Milston Down is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009822.
A group of nine round barrows on Milston Down 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 1009822.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bell barrow 250m NNE of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down (8.9 km), Bell barrow 300m ENE of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down (9.1 km), Bronze Age enclosure and linear boundary earthwork on Boscombe Down East (9.2 km).
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