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Penning bell barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Avebury Down in Wiltshire, approximately 600 metres east of Down Barn. The barrow takes the form of a bell-shaped mound, a burial structure characteristic of the Bronze Age period, which would have originally held cremated or inhumed remains beneath its earthwork. It forms part of the significant archaeological landscape surrounding the Neolithic monument complex at Avebury, an area rich in prehistoric burial and ritual sites. The barrow survives as a substantial earthwork and remains an important record of Bronze Age funerary practices and settlement patterns in this region of Wiltshire.
Penning bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007987. View the official record →
Penning bell barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Avebury Down in Wiltshire, approximately 600 metres east of Down Barn. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007987.
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.
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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