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Penning bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down Barn

England
List entry 1007987
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007987
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.09 hectares
Grid reference
SU 11427 71271
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Penning bell barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located approximately six hundred metres east of Avebury Down Barn in Wiltshire. The monument takes the form of a bell barrow, a distinctive funerary structure characterised by a central mound surrounded by a ditch and outer bank, a type common in southern England during the Bronze Age. The site forms part of the rich archaeological landscape surrounding Avebury, an area of significant prehistoric importance containing numerous burial monuments and ritual sites. The barrow survives as an earthwork and remains a designated heritage monument under national protection.

Penning bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007987. View the official record →

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What is Penning bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down Barn?

Penning bell barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located approximately six hundred metres east of Avebury Down Barn in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007987.

Who is responsible for protecting Penning bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down Barn?

Penning bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down Barn 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 1007987.

What other scheduled monuments are near Penning bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down Barn?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two round barrows W of New Town Farm (7.2 km), Earthwork W of New Town Farm (7.2 km), Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse (7.4 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

Two round barrows W of New Town Farm
7.2 km
Earthwork W of New Town Farm
7.2 km
Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse
7.4 km
Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage
7.5 km
Three bell barrows and a pillow mound 400m south-west of Knap Cottage
7.6 km
Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill
7.6 km
Knap Hill camp near Alton Priors
7.7 km
Group of barrows on Draycott Hill
7.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Penning bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down Barn

Penning bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down Barn stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Penning bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down Barn

AveburyArchaeological site · ~1.1 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~1.9 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~2.6 milesMildenhallRoman town · ~6.4 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~7.4 miles
Domesday entry for Winterbourne, Wiltshire →
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