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Round barrow 750yds (690m) SE of Smeathe's Plantation is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. The monument survives as a rounded earthwork characteristic of round barrows constructed during the Bronze Age, a period when such burial structures served as prominent landscape features marking the resting places of individuals of social significance. The barrow's location within the Wiltshire landscape places it within an area of considerable archaeological importance, where numerous comparable funerary monuments reflect patterns of prehistoric settlement and social organisation. As a designated heritage monument, it remains an important record of Bronze Age burial practice and the ceremonial landscape of prehistoric southern Britain.
Round barrow 750yds (690m) SE of Smeathe's Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004733. View the official record →
Round barrow 750yds (690m) SE of Smeathe's Plantation is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004733.
Round barrow 750yds (690m) SE of Smeathe's 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 1004733.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Linear earthwork in Savernake Forest, S of Great Lodge Bottom (7.9 km), Wansdyke: section 610yds (560m) NW of Wernham Farm to 250yds (230m) SW of New Buildings (8 km), Medieval settlement remains immediately west of The Vicarage (8.1 km).
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