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Eight of a group of round barrows on Silk Hill

England

List entry 1009730

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1009730

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

1.44 hectares

Grid reference

SU 19060 46894

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Eight of a group of round barrows on Silk Hill is an archaeological monument comprising Bronze Age burial mounds located in Wiltshire. The barrows form part of a larger barrow cemetery on Silk Hill, representing funerary monuments characteristic of the Bronze Age period, roughly 2200 to 700 BCE. These earthwork mounds would have served as prominent territorial markers in the prehistoric landscape whilst containing cremated or inhumed remains of individuals of sufficient social status to warrant such substantial burial monuments. The survival of eight examples within this group demonstrates the significance of the site as a focus for burial activity during the Bronze Age.

Eight of a group of round barrows on Silk Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009730. View the official record →

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What is Eight of a group of round barrows on Silk Hill?

Eight of a group of round barrows on Silk Hill is an archaeological monument comprising Bronze Age burial mounds located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009730.

Who is responsible for protecting Eight of a group of round barrows on Silk Hill?

Eight of a group of round barrows on Silk Hill 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 1009730.

What other scheduled monuments are near Eight of a group of round barrows on Silk Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow cemetery in New Plantation 590m ESE of Amesbury Junction (9 km), Bowl barrow 250m south east of Tower Hill (9.8 km), Ogbury camp (9.8 km).

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Monuments

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Battlefields

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Roman Britain

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Domesday

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Civil War

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Geology

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LiDAR

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrow cemetery in New Plantation 590m ESE of Amesbury Junction

9 km

Bowl barrow 250m south east of Tower Hill

9.8 km

Ogbury camp

9.8 km

Bowl barrow 200m WNW of Lake House

9.8 km

Deserted medieval village, a bowl barrow, and part of a prehistoric field system opposite Lake House in Lake Bottom

10 km

Saucer barrow 400m north east of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down

10 km

Bell barrow 250m NNE of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down

10 km

Bell barrow 300m ENE of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down

10.2 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Eight of a group of round barrows on Silk Hill

Eight of a group of round barrows on Silk Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Eight of a group of round barrows on Silk Hill

StonehengeArchaeological site · ~5.1 miles Old SarumArchaeological site · ~9.4 miles West Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~13.7 miles MildenhallRoman town · ~14.1 miles Battle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~15.9 miles First Battle of NewburyBattle (1643) · ~20.1 miles

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