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Bell barrow 770m north west of New Barn is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Wiltshire, England. The site represents a distinctive form of funerary architecture characteristic of the Early Bronze Age period, when such earthen mounds were constructed to mark elite burials and serve as focal points within the prehistoric landscape. The barrow's bell-shaped profile, from which the type derives its name, comprises a central mound surrounded by a distinctive ditch, a formal arrangement that distinguishes it from simpler barrow forms. As a scheduled monument, it remains an important archaeological resource for understanding burial practices and social hierarchies during the Bronze Age in southern Britain.
Bell barrow 770m north west of New Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015216. View the official record →
Bell barrow 770m north west of New Barn is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015216.
Bell barrow 770m north west of New 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 1015216.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A pond barrow and a bowl barrow 200m south east of St Mary's Church forming outliers to a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Gunner (7.8 km), 'Ende Burgh' long barrow (8.8 km), Bowl barrow 50m west of the Battery Hill triangulation point (8.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bell barrow 770m north west of New Barn's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bell barrow 770m north west of New Barn stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.