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Barrow on Fifield Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located on the chalk downland of Wiltshire, approximately 700 yards east-south-east of North Barn. The monument survives as a round barrow, a characteristic funerary structure of the Bronze Age period, and forms part of the extensive barrow landscape that characterises the Wiltshire downs. Such monuments typically contained inhumation or cremation burials accompanied by grave goods, reflecting the ritual and social practices of prehistoric communities during the second millennium BC. The barrow's survival as an upstanding earthwork makes it an important archaeological resource for understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial practices in this region.
Barrow on Fifield Down 700yds (640m) ESE of North Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003744. View the official record →
Barrow on Fifield Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located on the chalk downland of Wiltshire, approximately 700 yards east-south-east of North Barn. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003744.
Barrow on Fifield Down 700yds (640m) ESE of North Barn 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 1003744.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of round barrows on Oakley Down (8.6 km), Enclosure S of Humby's Stock Coppice (8.9 km), Long barrow 3/4 mile (1200m) SW of St Rumbold's Church (9 km).
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