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The Bronze Age enclosure and bowl barrow 100m west of Longbarrow Cross Roads on Winterbourne Stoke Down is a prehistoric ritual and burial monument located within the densely occupied Stonehenge landscape of central Wiltshire. The site comprises a substantial circular enclosure ditch with an associated bowl barrow, monuments typical of Bronze Age funerary and ceremonial practice in southern England, dated to the second millennium BC. The barrow represents a formal burial structure, whilst the enclosure ditch suggests a broader ritual or territorial function characteristic of Bronze Age settlement patterns on the chalk downlands. This monument contributes to the exceptional archaeological density of the Winterbourne Stoke area, which contains multiple Bronze Age barrows and related structures forming part of the wider Stonehenge World Heritage Site landscape.
Bronze Age enclosure and bowl barrow 100m west of Longbarrow Cross Roads on Winterbourne Stoke Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011048. View the official record →
The Bronze Age enclosure and bowl barrow 100m west of Longbarrow Cross Roads on Winterbourne Stoke Down is a prehistoric ritual and burial monument located within the densely occupied Stonehenge landscape of central Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011048.
Bronze Age enclosure and bowl barrow 100m west of Longbarrow Cross Roads on Winterbourne Stoke 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 1011048.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthwork W of Woodford Clump (5.7 km), Newton Barrow (5.8 km), Grovely Castle and earthworks N of Grovely Wood (7.4 km).
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