Nine bowl barrows, two disc barrows and two saucer barrows forming the majority of a round barrow cemetery on Durrington Down

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Nine bowl barrows, two disc barrows and two saucer barrows forming the majority of a round barrow cemetery on Durrington Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument in Wiltshire. The barrow cemetery comprises thirteen earthworks distributed across the downland landscape, representing the varied typology of burial mounds characteristic of the second and early first millennia before the present. The bowl barrows constitute the dominant form within the cemetery, whilst the disc and saucer barrows, which feature more developed structural definition through their ditches and platforms, demonstrate the evolving sophistication of funerary practices across the Bronze Age period. The cemetery's location on Durrington Down places it within a region of exceptional archaeological density, contributing to the broader understanding of prehistoric settlement, ritual, and mortuary behaviour in the chalk uplands of Wessex.

Nine bowl barrows, two disc barrows and two saucer barrows forming the majority of a round barrow cemetery on Durrington Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008943. View the official record →

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