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Pond barrow 480m west of Olddown Barn on Amesbury Down is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located within the densely archaeological landscape of Amesbury Down in Wiltshire. The monument takes its name from the pond feature associated with it and represents one of numerous barrows distributed across this significant prehistoric ritual and burial landscape. The barrow survives as an earthwork within an area rich in Bronze Age funerary monuments, reflecting the intensive use of Amesbury Down during the second millennium before Christ. The site is recorded within the Portable Antiquities Scheme and scheduled ancient monument records, securing its protection as a nationally important prehistoric monument.
Pond barrow 480m west of Olddown Barn on Amesbury Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015027. View the official record →
Pond barrow 480m west of Olddown Barn on Amesbury Down is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located within the densely archaeological landscape of Amesbury Down in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015027.
Pond barrow 480m west of Olddown Barn on Amesbury 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 1015027.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of barrows on North Hill Down (6.6 km), Old Sarum (7.2 km), Figsbury Ring (7.5 km).
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