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Old Barrow on Old Barrow Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Somerset, England. The monument survives as an earthwork mound typical of funerary monuments constructed during the Bronze Age period, when such barrows served as prominent landscape features marking the burial places of individuals of status within their communities. The site's preservation on Old Barrow Down reflects the importance of barrow cemeteries in Bronze Age settlement patterns across southwest England, with such monuments often grouped together across chalk and limestone uplands.
Old Barrow on Old Barrow Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021356. View the official record →
Old Barrow on Old Barrow Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021356.
Old Barrow on Old Barrow 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 1021356.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tarr Steps (2.7 km), Two round barrows on West Anstey Common (3.6 km), Two round barrows on Twitchen Ridge (3.7 km).
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