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Highworth circle is a Bronze Age round barrow located approximately 350 metres north-east of Common Farm near Highworth in Wiltshire. The monument survives as an earthwork comprising a circular mound with an associated ditch, typical of funerary monuments constructed during the Bronze Age period. Such barrows served as burial places for individuals of status within prehistoric communities and are distributed across the Wiltshire landscape, reflecting the ritual and commemorative practices of the period. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England and remains significant as evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary practice in the region.
Highworth circle 350m north east of Common Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018222. View the official record →
Highworth circle is a Bronze Age round barrow located approximately 350 metres north-east of Common Farm near Highworth in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018222.
Highworth circle 350m north east of Common 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 1018222.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Highworth circle 200m south east of Common Farm (0.3 km), Medieval settlement and associated ridge and furrow south-west of Eastrop Farm (0.8 km), Medieval settlement remains immediately south east of Fresden Farm (2.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Highworth circle 350m north east of Common Farm'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.
Highworth circle 350m north east of Common Farm stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.