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North Hill round barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire, England. The site comprises a group of round barrows characteristic of the second and early first millennia before the Common Era, when such earthen mounds served as burial structures for elite and community members across southern Britain. The barrows represent typical Bronze Age mortuary practice and form part of the wider landscape of prehistoric ceremonial and burial sites that define the Wiltshire Downs. As a scheduled monument, the site preserves evidence of ritual activity and social organisation from one of Britain's most significant prehistoric periods.
North Hill round barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004746. View the official record →
North Hill round barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004746.
North Hill 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 1004746.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ditch between Rag Copse and Scotspoor Plantation (4.6 km), Scotspoor barrow (4.9 km), Disc barrow 600m north-west of Heath Copse (5.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of North Hill 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.
North Hill round barrows stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.