Scheduled MonumentsEnglandGroup of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm

Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm

England
List entry 1008102
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008102
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.71 hectares
Grid reference
SU 11493 68571
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire. The barrows are earthwork mounds of varying dimensions that would have served as burial structures for Bronze Age communities, likely dating to the second millennium BC. The site forms part of a wider Bronze Age cemetery complex in the landscape around West Kennett, an area rich in prehistoric monument archaeology. These barrows represent typical Bronze Age burial practices in southern England, where individual or family groups were interred beneath earthen mounds, often accompanied by grave goods.

Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008102. View the official record →

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What is Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm?

The Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008102.

Who is responsible for protecting Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm?

Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm 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 1008102.

What other scheduled monuments are near Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse (4.8 km), Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage (4.9 km), Three bell barrows and a pillow mound 400m south-west of Knap Cottage (4.9 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Legal
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm

Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.