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A long barrow and a disc barrow in Brigmerston Field is a pair of Neolithic and Bronze Age funerary monuments located in Wiltshire. The long barrow represents Neolithic burial practice, typically dating to the fourth millennium BCE, whilst the disc barrow is a Bronze Age monument of the second millennium BCE. Both monuments survive as earthwork features within the Wiltshire landscape, forming part of the substantial archaeological record of barrow construction in the county. These monuments are nationally designated for their archaeological and historical significance as evidence of changing burial customs and ritual practices across two major prehistoric periods.
A long barrow and a disc barrow in Brigmerston Field is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009482. View the official record →
A long barrow and a disc barrow in Brigmerston Field is a pair of Neolithic and Bronze Age funerary monuments located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009482.
A long barrow and a disc barrow in Brigmerston Field 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 1009482.
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 (9.2 km), Bell barrow 300m ENE of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down (9.3 km), Enclosure NW of Downbarn West (9.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of A long barrow and a disc barrow in Brigmerston Field's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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A long barrow and a disc barrow in Brigmerston Field stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.