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Hoop Side round barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire, England. The site comprises a group of round barrows typical of the Early to Middle Bronze Age period, when such earthworks served as burial mounds for individuals of elevated social status within their communities. The barrows represent the characteristic form of monumental burial architecture practised during the second millennium before the present era across southern England. These earthworks retain archaeological significance as evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns, social organisation, and funerary practices in the Wiltshire landscape.
Hoop Side round barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002998. View the official record →
Hoop Side round barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002998.
Hoop Side round barrows 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 1002998.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bronze Age and Romano-British enclosure on Martin Down, east of Bokerley Junction (9.4 km), Bowl barrow 520m north east of the shoulder angle of Bokerley Dyke on Martin Down (9.4 km), Bowl barrow 350m east of the shoulder angle of Bokerley Dyke on Martin Down (9.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hoop Side round barrows'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.
Hoop Side round barrows stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.