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The group of round barrows on Rough Hill is a Neolithic and Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire. The site comprises multiple burial mounds distributed across the hilltop, representing settlement and burial practices spanning several centuries of prehistoric activity. These barrows are characteristic of the ritual and commemorative landscape of the Wessex region during the Bronze Age, when such monuments served as focal points for community identity and ancestor veneration. The site contributes to understanding the pattern of barrow construction and distribution across the chalk downlands of central southern England.
Group of round barrows on Rough Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003034. View the official record →
The group of round barrows on Rough Hill is a Neolithic and Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003034.
Group of round barrows on Rough 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 1003034.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of barrows on Draycott Hill (9 km), Earthwork W of New Town Farm (9.1 km), Three bell barrows and a pillow mound 400m south-west of Knap Cottage (9.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Group of round barrows on Rough 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 round barrows on Rough Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.