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Barrow on Coombe Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located on the chalk downland northeast of Upper Poughcombe in Wiltshire. The monument survives as an earthwork mound which forms part of the wider prehistoric landscape of the Wiltshire downs, an area rich in burial activity during the Bronze Age period. Like many barrows in this region, it would have served as a focal point for ritual and commemorative purposes within its contemporary community. The site remains archaeologically significant as evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and mortuary practices on the Wiltshire chalk plateau.
Barrow on Coombe Down, 1070yds (980m) NE of Upper Poughcombe is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005670. View the official record →
Barrow on Coombe Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located on the chalk downland northeast of Upper Poughcombe in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005670.
Barrow on Coombe Down, 1070yds (980m) NE of Upper Poughcombe 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 1005670.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Linear earthwork in Savernake Forest, S of Great Lodge Bottom (7.2 km), Wansdyke: section 610yds (560m) NW of Wernham Farm to 250yds (230m) SW of New Buildings (7.5 km), Two bowl barrows 400m east of Cadley Vicarage (8.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Barrow on Coombe Down, 1070yds (980m) NE of Upper Poughcombe'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 on Coombe Down, 1070yds (980m) NE of Upper Poughcombe stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.