Linear round barrow cemetery 200m ENE of West Kennett long barrow

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History & significance

Linear round barrow cemetery 200m ENE of West Kennett long barrow is a Bronze Age burial ground comprising a linear arrangement of round barrows situated in the Marlborough Downs landscape of Wiltshire. The cemetery represents a characteristic funerary tradition of the Bronze Age, when communities established clusters of burial mounds aligned across the chalk downland, often in proximity to earlier Neolithic monuments such as the West Kennett long barrow. The barrows themselves are earthwork mounds constructed to mark individual or family burials, typically containing cremated or inhumed remains accompanied by grave goods reflective of contemporary material culture. This linear arrangement of burial mounds, part of a broader pattern of Bronze Age monumental activity in the West Kennett area, demonstrates the continued ceremonial significance of this landscape over multiple millennia and the hierarchical organisation of contemporary societies.

Linear round barrow cemetery 200m ENE of West Kennett long barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014034. View the official record →

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