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Disc barrow on Burderop Down is a Bronze Age burial monument located approximately one kilometre north-east of Upper Herdswick Farm in Wiltshire. The site consists of a low earthwork characteristic of the disc barrow type, which features a central burial mound surrounded by a ditch and outer bank, a form of funerary architecture prevalent during the Bronze Age. The monument represents an important example of the ritual landscape that developed across the Wiltshire chalklands during the second millennium BC, when such formal burial structures served as focal points for ancestral commemoration and territorial identity. The site is protected as a scheduled ancient monument under the national heritage list for England.
Disc barrow on Burderop Down, 1km north-east of Upper Herdswick Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010457. View the official record →
Disc barrow on Burderop Down is a Bronze Age burial monument located approximately one kilometre north-east of Upper Herdswick Farm in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010457.
Disc barrow on Burderop Down, 1km north-east of Upper Herdswick 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 1010457.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow in The Belt, 350m north east of Hill Barn (9.3 km), Bowl barrow 50m south-east of the `Sanctuary' forming part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery. (9.7 km), Bowl barrow 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill, forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemetery (9.8 km).
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