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A group of sixteen round barrows on Cow Down is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Wiltshire. The barrows date to the second millennium BC and represent a significant cluster of funerary mounds typical of Bronze Age burial practices in southern England. The site comprises individual earthwork mounds constructed over individual or multiple inhumations, reflecting the ritual and ceremonial importance placed on burial during this period. As a scheduled ancient monument, the barrow group preserves important archaeological evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary customs in the Wiltshire landscape.
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 burial monument located in Wiltshire. 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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