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The Group of barrows on White Sheet Downs is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Somerset. The site comprises multiple burial mounds distributed across the chalk downland landscape, representing funerary practices of the second and early first millennia before Christ. These barrows form part of the extensive funerary archaeology characteristic of the Wessex chalk uplands, where such monuments cluster in concentrations reflecting patterns of settlement and land use during prehistory. The barrows have been subject to antiquarian observation and archaeological recording, contributing to understanding of Bronze Age mortuary practices and the ritual landscape of the region.
Group of barrows on White Sheet Downs is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005674. View the official record →
The Group of barrows on White Sheet Downs is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005674.
Group of barrows on White Sheet Downs 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 1005674.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Four bowl barrows on Long Hill, 220m west of Mere Castle (2.7 km), Mere Castle (2.7 km), Orchard Castle (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Group of barrows on White Sheet Downs'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 White Sheet Downs stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.