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Newton Barrows, a round barrow cemetery on Earl's Farm Down

England
List entry 1015902
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015902
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.58 hectares
Grid reference
SU 18261 41011
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Newton Barrows is a round barrow cemetery located on Earl's Farm Down in Wiltshire, England. The site comprises multiple burial mounds dating to the Bronze Age, representing a significant funerary landscape of the second millennium before present. The barrows exhibit the characteristic earthwork construction typical of Bronze Age burial practices in the Wessex region, where communities established concentrated cemetery sites for elite and community members. The monument reflects both the ritual importance of ancestral burial and the territorial organization of Bronze Age societies in prehistoric southern England.

Newton Barrows, a round barrow cemetery on Earl's Farm Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015902. View the official record →

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What is Newton Barrows, a round barrow cemetery on Earl's Farm Down?

Newton Barrows is a round barrow cemetery located on Earl's Farm Down in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015902.

Who is responsible for protecting Newton Barrows, a round barrow cemetery on Earl's Farm Down?

Newton Barrows, a round barrow cemetery on Earl's Farm Down 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 1015902.

What other scheduled monuments are near Newton Barrows, a round barrow cemetery on Earl's Farm Down?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 50m west of the Battery Hill triangulation point (6.6 km), Long barrow 140m WSW of the Battery Hill triangulation point (6.6 km), Figsbury Ring (7.2 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 50m west of the Battery Hill triangulation point
6.6 km
Long barrow 140m WSW of the Battery Hill triangulation point
6.6 km
Figsbury Ring
7.2 km
'Ende Burgh' long barrow
7.4 km
Two bowl barrows 400m west of Easton Down Farm: part of a group of round barrows south of Easton Down
7.8 km
Roman road between A30 main road and Winterslow Corner
8 km
Fussell's long barrow
8.6 km
Long barrow, Winterbourne
8.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Newton Barrows, a round barrow cemetery on Earl's Farm Down

Newton Barrows, a round barrow cemetery on Earl's Farm Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Newton Barrows, a round barrow cemetery on Earl's Farm Down

StonehengeArchaeological site · ~3.8 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~5.9 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~17 milesMildenhallRoman town · ~17.8 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~18.4 milesFirst Battle of NewburyBattle (1643) · ~22.7 miles
Domesday entry for Ratfyn, Wiltshire →
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