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Bell barrow 550m east of New Barn, Earl's Farm Down, is a Bronze Age burial mound situated on the chalk downland of Wiltshire. The monument takes the form of a bell barrow, a distinctive type of round barrow characterized by a central mound surrounded by a ditch and outer bank, a morphology typical of the Early Bronze Age period. The site is recorded as a scheduled ancient monument and forms part of the significant concentration of funerary monuments found across the Wiltshire downs. Like other barrows in this region, it represents an important witness to prehistoric burial practices and the social organization of Bronze Age communities in southern Britain.
Bell barrow 550m east of New Barn, Earl's Farm Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009872. View the official record →
Bell barrow 550m east of New Barn, Earl's Farm Down, is a Bronze Age burial mound situated on the chalk downland of Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009872.
Bell barrow 550m east of New Barn, Earl's Farm Down 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 1009872.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 50m west of the Battery Hill triangulation point (7.9 km), Long barrow 140m WSW of the Battery Hill triangulation point (7.9 km), 'Ende Burgh' long barrow (8.4 km).
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Bell barrow 550m east of New Barn, Earl's Farm Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.