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Newton Barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. The barrow survives as an earthwork monument characteristic of the funerary practices of the second millennium BC, when such mounds were constructed to mark elite or significant burials within their communities. The site remains visible as a substantial earthwork and forms part of Wiltshire's considerable archaeological landscape, which contains numerous barrows and ritual monuments reflecting the region's importance during prehistory.
Newton Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005687. View the official record →
Newton Barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005687.
Newton 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 1005687.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hare Warren Control Station (7 km), Neale's Barrow, round barrow (7 km), Round barrows S of Hare Warren (7.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Newton 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.
Newton Barrow stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.