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Barrow north-west of Weatherhill Scrub is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire. The monument survives as an earthwork mound and forms part of the wider prehistoric landscape of the Wiltshire chalklands, an area rich in burial monuments from the second millennium before Christ. Such barrows typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status and beliefs of Bronze Age communities. The site's preservation as an upstanding earthwork makes it an important archaeological resource for understanding funerary practices and settlement patterns in prehistoric southern England.
Barrow north-west of Weatherhill Scrub is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010184. View the official record →
Barrow north-west of Weatherhill Scrub is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010184.
Barrow north-west of Weatherhill Scrub 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 1010184.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 150m WSW of Robin Hood's Ball (9.7 km), Robin Hood's Ball, causewayed enclosure (9.8 km), Enclosure east of Robin Hood's Ball (9.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Barrow north-west of Weatherhill Scrub'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 north-west of Weatherhill Scrub stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.