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Round barrow cemetery and part of a field system 200m south of Beckhampton Penning is a Neolithic and Bronze Age ritual and funerary monument complex located in Wiltshire. The site comprises multiple round barrows arranged as a cemetery, representing burial practices spanning the later Neolithic through to the Bronze Age periods. The associated field system visible in the landscape indicates contemporary or later agricultural activity and land organisation in this part of the Wiltshire downlands. The monument forms part of the broader ritual landscape of the Marlborough Downs region, an area rich in prehistoric ceremonial and domestic sites.
Round barrow cemetery and part of a field system 200m south of Beckhampton Penning is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008227. View the official record →
Round barrow cemetery and part of a field system 200m south of Beckhampton Penning is a Neolithic and Bronze Age ritual and funerary monument complex located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008227.
Round barrow cemetery and part of a field system 200m south of Beckhampton Penning 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 1008227.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill (3.4 km), Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse (3.5 km), Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage (3.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow cemetery and part of a field system 200m south of Beckhampton Penning'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.
Round barrow cemetery and part of a field system 200m south of Beckhampton Penning stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.