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Gallows Hill round barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. The monument survives as a substantial circular earthwork typical of the funerary practices of the second millennium BCE. Its designation within the heritage record reflects the importance of such barrows in understanding the settlement patterns and ritual landscape of prehistoric Wiltshire, a region particularly rich in Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments. The site remains a significant archaeological resource for the study of early British burial customs and social organisation.
Gallows Hill round barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002999. View the official record →
Gallows Hill round barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002999.
Gallows Hill round barrow 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 1002999.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Linear boundary and section of Roman road, 550m south east of Ashmore Farm (7.9 km), Enclosure S of Humby's Stock Coppice (7.9 km), Two bowl barrows 300m SW of Spring Farm (8.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Gallows Hill round barrow's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Gallows Hill round barrow stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.