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A group of four round barrows 500m south-east of Avebury Down Barn is part of a Bronze Age burial cemetery occupying Avebury Down in Wiltshire. These earthwork monuments, typical of funerary practice during the Bronze Age, form part of the broader landscape of ritual and ceremonial sites characteristic of the Avebury region. The barrows represent evidence of settled communities and established burial practices during the second millennium BCE. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1008350.
Group of four round barrows 500m south-east of Avebury Down Barn, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008350. View the official record →
A group of four round barrows 500m south-east of Avebury Down Barn is part of a Bronze Age burial cemetery occupying Avebury Down in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008350.
Group of four round barrows 500m south-east of Avebury Down Barn, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury 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 1008350.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two round barrows W of New Town Farm (6.9 km), Earthwork W of New Town Farm (6.9 km), Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse (7.1 km).
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Group of four round barrows 500m south-east of Avebury Down Barn, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury Down stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.