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Kitchen Barrow is a Neolithic long barrow situated on Kitchen Barrow Hill in Wiltshire, England. The monument represents a characteristic example of early Neolithic burial architecture, dating to approximately 3500 to 2500 BCE, a period when such earthen mounds served as communal sepulchral monuments across southern Britain. The barrow survives as an elongated earthwork, though its original dimensions and structural integrity have been subject to the effects of agricultural use and weathering over millennia. As a scheduled monument and heritage asset, Kitchen Barrow contributes to the archaeological and landscape record of Neolithic Wiltshire, an area of significant prehistoric activity and monumental construction.
Kitchen Barrow: a long barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012519. View the official record →
Kitchen Barrow is a Neolithic long barrow situated on Kitchen Barrow Hill in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012519.
Kitchen Barrow: a long barrow on Kitchen Barrow 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 1012519.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site (1.9 km), Adam's Grave: a long barrow on Walker's Hill (4.8 km), Deserted medieval village E of Manor Farm (4.8 km).
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