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A group of sixteen round barrows on Cow Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located in Wiltshire, England. The barrows date to the second millennium BCE and represent a significant concentration of burial mounds from this period on the downland landscape. The monument consists of earthen mounds of varying sizes, characteristic of Bronze Age mortuary practices in southern England, and their grouping suggests a cemetery used over an extended period or serving a particular community. These monuments form part of the extensive Bronze Age archaeological heritage of Wiltshire's chalk downs, where such barrow groups are common archaeological features reflecting the ritual and social importance of ancestral burial sites.
A group of sixteen round barrows on Cow Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017933. View the official record →
A group of sixteen round barrows on Cow Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017933.
A group of sixteen round barrows on Cow 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 1017933.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 340m WSW of Andover Lodge: part of a round barrow cemetery in Barrow Field Clumps, Cholderton Park (9.4 km), Bowl barrow 130m WSW of Andover Lodge: part of a round barrow cemetery in Barrow Field Clumps, Cholderton Park (9.4 km), Three ditched bowl barrows south of Andover Lodge: part of a round barrow cemetery in Barrow Field Clumps, Cholderton Park (9.4 km).
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