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Pond barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located on the western margin of Durrington Down Plantation in Wiltshire. The barrow survives as an earthwork monument typical of the Bronze Age period, when such mounds served as burial structures for members of prehistoric communities. Its position within the Durrington Down landscape places it within an area of archaeological significance associated with wider Neolithic and Bronze Age settlement and ritual activity in the Salisbury Plain region. The monument is recorded on the National Heritage List for England as a scheduled ancient monument, reflecting its importance to the understanding of prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in Wiltshire.
Pond barrow on the western margin of Durrington Down Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009128. View the official record →
Pond barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located on the western margin of Durrington Down Plantation in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009128.
Pond barrow on the western margin of Durrington Down Plantation 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 1009128.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 540m south east of Druid's Head Farm (6.6 km), Two barrows NW of Little Down (7 km), Round barrow SE of Cowdown Farm (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Pond barrow on the western margin of Durrington Down Plantation's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Pond barrow on the western margin of Durrington Down Plantation stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.