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Ratfyn Barrow is a Neolithic burial mound located near Tisbury in Wiltshire. The barrow forms part of the significant concentration of prehistoric monuments in the Salisbury Plain landscape, an area rich in archaeological evidence of early human settlement and ritual activity. As a long barrow, it represents the funerary practices of Neolithic communities in southern Britain, dating to the period approximately 4000 to 3000 BCE. The monument survives as an earthwork that contributes to understanding the distribution and development of megalithic burial structures across Wiltshire.
Ratfyn Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015948. View the official record →
Ratfyn Barrow is a Neolithic burial mound located near Tisbury in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015948.
Ratfyn Barrow 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 1015948.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A pond barrow and a bowl barrow 200m south east of St Mary's Church forming outliers to a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Gunner (7.1 km), 'Ende Burgh' long barrow (7.9 km), Long barrow 140m WSW of the Battery Hill triangulation point (8.5 km).
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