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The Group of barrows on North Hill Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire. The site comprises multiple burial mounds arranged across the downland landscape, representing a characteristic pattern of prehistoric settlement and commemorative practice. These barrows date to the Bronze Age period, when such earthen mounds served as the primary form of burial architecture for communities across southern England. The monument preserves important evidence of Bronze Age funerary practices and the spatial organisation of burial sites within the Wiltshire chalk landscape.
Group of barrows on North Hill Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005667. View the official record →
The Group of barrows on North Hill Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005667.
Group of barrows on North Hill Down 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 1005667.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Woodbury ancient villages (5.8 km), Bowl barrow 430m north west of Northdown Barn (5.9 km), Hare Warren Control Station (6.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Group of barrows on North Hill Down'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 North Hill Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.