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Four bowl barrows forming part of a cemetery 270m east of long barrow on Roughridge Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument complex located in Wiltshire, England. The site comprises four round barrows of bowl type, characteristic funerary structures of the Bronze Age period, arranged as part of a larger cemetery landscape in proximity to an earlier Neolithic long barrow. These barrows represent the continuation of burial practice across multiple millennia on this upland location, with the bowl barrows typically constructed from earth and stone to cover cremated or inhumed remains. The grouping demonstrates the established pattern of Bronze Age communities utilising prominent hilltop positions for ceremonial burial grounds, maintaining connections to earlier monumental sites within the same landscape.
Four bowl barrows forming part of a cemetery 270m east of long barrow on Roughridge Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014027. View the official record →
Four bowl barrows forming part of a cemetery 270m east of long barrow on Roughridge Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument complex located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014027.
Four bowl barrows forming part of a cemetery 270m east of long barrow on Roughridge 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 1014027.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site (3.3 km), Deserted medieval village E of Manor Farm (5.6 km), Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage (6 km).
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Four bowl barrows forming part of a cemetery 270m east of long barrow on Roughridge Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.