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Barrow cemetery 200m south of Whitecomb Plantation is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire. The site comprises a barrow or tumulus, a monument type characteristic of funerary practice during the Bronze Age period, when such earthworks served as communal or elite burial structures across southern England. The monument's survival as an upstanding earthwork demonstrates the durability of Bronze Age burial architecture, whilst its designation as a heritage monument reflects its significance for understanding prehistoric settlement and ritual practice in the region. The barrow forms part of the broader archaeological landscape of Wiltshire, an area particularly rich in Bronze Age monuments.
Barrow cemetery 200m south of Whitecomb Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013054. View the official record →
Barrow cemetery 200m south of Whitecomb Plantation is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013054.
Barrow cemetery 200m south of Whitecomb Plantation 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 1013054.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lewisham Castle (3.5 km), Roman site 450yds (410m) E of Pentico Farm (4 km), Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Ogbourne St Andrew Farm (7.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Barrow cemetery 200m south of Whitecomb Plantation'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 cemetery 200m south of Whitecomb Plantation stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.