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Landford Common round barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire, comprising a group of burial mounds situated on the common near Landford. The barrows date to the second millennium BCE and represent characteristic examples of Bronze Age burial practice in the region. The site preserves multiple mound structures that would have originally contained inhumations or cremations accompanied by grave goods, reflecting the ritual and social practices of Bronze Age communities. As a designated heritage monument, the barrow group contributes to the archaeological understanding of prehistoric settlement patterns and funerary customs across the Wiltshire downs.
Landford Common round barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005593. View the official record →
Landford Common round barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire, comprising a group of burial mounds situated on the common near Landford. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005593.
Landford Common 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 1005593.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Malwood Castle hillfort (6.8 km), Bowl barrow 400m south-west of Robin Hood Farm (7.2 km), Roman pottery kilns in Sloden Enclosure (7.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Landford Common 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.
Landford Common round barrows stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.