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Barrow 350 yards east of Smeathe's Plantation, Ogbourne Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located on the chalk downland of Wiltshire. The monument forms part of the significant barrow cemetery that characterizes Ogbourne Down, an area rich in prehistoric funerary remains. Like other barrows of its type and period, it would have served as a monumental marker for elite burials and reflects the ritual and social practices of Bronze Age communities in the region. The site's survival within the downland landscape contributes to understanding the distribution and density of Bronze Age settlement and burial practices across the Wiltshire chalklands.
Barrow 350yds (320m) E of Smeathe's Plantation, Ogbourne Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005671. View the official record →
Barrow 350 yards east of Smeathe's Plantation, Ogbourne Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located on the chalk downland of Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005671.
Barrow 350yds (320m) E of Smeathe's Plantation, Ogbourne 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 1005671.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow in The Belt, 350m north east of Hill Barn (8.3 km), Linear earthwork in Savernake Forest, S of Great Lodge Bottom (8.3 km), Wansdyke: section 610yds (560m) NW of Wernham Farm to 250yds (230m) SW of New Buildings (8.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Barrow 350yds (320m) E of Smeathe's Plantation, Ogbourne Down's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Barrow 350yds (320m) E of Smeathe's Plantation, Ogbourne Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.