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Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 135m ENE of Baltic Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Wiltshire. The site comprises a bell barrow, a distinctive form of round barrow characterised by a raised central mound surrounded by a flat berm and outer ditch, typical of the Bronze Age period. The monument is situated within a larger cemetery of round barrows, indicating the concentrated funerary activity and social organisation of Bronze Age communities in this region of Wiltshire. Such bell barrows typically date from the second millennium BC and represent the burial practices of a ranked or elite sector of Bronze Age society.
Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 135m ENE of Baltic Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013776. View the official record →
Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 135m ENE of Baltic Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013776.
Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 135m ENE of Baltic Farm 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 1013776.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rybury camp (4.6 km), All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site (4.7 km), Bowl barrow 60m east of Roundway Hill Covert (4.8 km).
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Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 135m ENE of Baltic Farm stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.