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The Group of barrows near Field Barn is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire. The site comprises multiple burial mounds typical of the Bronze Age period, when such barrow groups served as communal or family burial grounds. The barrows represent the funerary practices and social organisation of Bronze Age communities in the region. The monument survives as earthwork remains and forms part of the wider landscape of prehistoric burial monuments documented across Wiltshire.
Group of barrows near Field Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002993. View the official record →
The Group of barrows near Field Barn is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002993.
Group of barrows near Field Barn 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 1002993.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Field system on Wylye Down (4.6 km), Hanging Langford camp and Church-end Ring (4.6 km), Grovely Castle and earthworks N of Grovely Wood (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Group of barrows near Field Barn'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.
Group of barrows near Field Barn stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.