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Knowle Hill round barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. The monument survives as an earthwork mound and is characteristic of the prehistoric funerary architecture found across the Wiltshire landscape, a region particularly rich in such monuments. Its inclusion on the National Heritage List for England reflects its importance as evidence of early burial practices and settlement patterns in the region. The barrow contributes to our understanding of prehistoric ceremonial and mortuary behaviour during the period from approximately 3500 to 1000 BC.
Knowle Hill round barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003033. View the official record →
Knowle Hill round barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003033.
Knowle 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 1003033.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Four bowl barrows 865m north east of Squirrel's Corner (7.6 km), Part of Ackling Dyke (Roman road), including Roman road on Oakley Down (7.9 km), Bowl barrow 45m south west of Bowldish Pond (8.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Knowle 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.
Knowle Hill round barrow stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.