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Barrow SSW of Melsome's Field barn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire. The monument survives as an earthwork mound in the English landscape, representing one of many prehistoric funerary structures distributed across the Wiltshire downs. Such barrows form part of the broader archaeological record of early Bronze Age burial practices in southern England, typically dating to the period between approximately 2400 and 1500 BCE, though some may be earlier Neolithic constructions. The site's survival and formal designation reflect the importance of such monuments to understanding prehistoric settlement, social organisation, and ritual practices in the region.
Barrow SSW of Melsome's Field barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004741. View the official record →
Barrow SSW of Melsome's Field barn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004741.
Barrow SSW of Melsome's Field 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 1004741.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Little Langford round barrow, N of Upper Farm Down (6 km), Grovely Castle and earthworks N of Grovely Wood (6.1 km), Hanging Langford camp and Church-end Ring (7.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Barrow SSW of Melsome's Field barn'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 SSW of Melsome's Field barn stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.