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The barrow cemetery at Baltic Farm in Wiltshire is a Bronze Age burial complex comprising two bell barrows and two bowl barrows. The bell barrows, characterised by their distinctive domed mounds surrounded by a ditch and outer bank, represent a more developed form of Neolithic and Bronze Age funerary architecture, whilst the bowl barrows are simpler mound forms typical of earlier Bronze Age burial practice. This grouping of four barrows in paired formation reflects the organised burial patterns of Bronze Age communities in Wiltshire, an area particularly rich in such monuments. The site contributes to understanding Bronze Age mortuary practices and social organisation in the Wessex region.
Pair of bell barrows and a pair of bowl barrows forming part of a barrow cemetery at Baltic Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013775. View the official record →
The barrow cemetery at Baltic Farm in Wiltshire is a Bronze Age burial complex comprising two bell barrows and two bowl barrows. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013775.
Pair of bell barrows and a pair of bowl barrows forming part of a barrow cemetery at Baltic Farm 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 1013775.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rybury camp (4.6 km), Bowl barrow 60m east of Roundway Hill Covert (4.7 km), All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site (4.7 km).
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Pair of bell barrows and a pair of bowl barrows forming part of a barrow cemetery at Baltic Farm stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.