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Knighton Hill round barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. The monument is recorded as a scheduled ancient monument and forms part of the important concentrations of barrow groups that characterise the Wiltshire landscape. Round barrows of this type typically date from the Early to Middle Bronze Age, representing a significant period of funerary practice and social organisation in prehistoric Britain. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound and contributes to the archaeological record of Wiltshire's extensive Bronze Age burial landscape.
Knighton Hill round barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005589. View the official record →
Knighton Hill round barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005589.
Knighton Hill round barrow 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 1005589.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barrows in Salisbury Plantation (7.9 km), Parts of Dorset Cursus on Bottlebush Down (8.2 km), Four bowl barrows 865m north east of Squirrel's Corner (8.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Knighton Hill round barrow'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.
Knighton Hill round barrow stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.