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Group of barrows on Draycott Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Wiltshire. The site comprises multiple barrows arranged across the hilltop, representing a characteristic funerary landscape of the second millennium BC. Such barrow groups typically served as communal burial grounds for elite or family groups during the Bronze Age period, and their hillside positioning reflects the importance these communities placed on visible, prominent burial sites within the landscape. The monument is recorded in the National Heritage List for England under list entry number 1005697.
Group of barrows on Draycott Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005697. View the official record →
Group of barrows on Draycott Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005697.
Group of barrows on Draycott 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 1005697.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including 'The Spectacles' (7.5 km), Medieval village site (7.9 km), Strip lynchet system north of Chisman's Cleeve (8.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Group of barrows on Draycott Hill'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 on Draycott Hill stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.