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Round barrow cemetery to the south of Codford Down is a Bronze Age burial site located in Wiltshire, comprising multiple funerary monuments characteristic of the second millennium BCE. The cemetery consists of several round barrows, earthen mounds raised over inhumations or cremations, which represent typical ritual and commemorative practices of Bronze Age communities. Such barrow cemeteries are significant archaeological features in the Wiltshire landscape, providing evidence of settlement patterns, social organisation, and funerary customs during the Bronze Age period. The site's designation reflects its importance as a scheduled ancient monument within a region particularly rich in prehistoric archaeology.
Round barrow cemetery to the south of Codford Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016556. View the official record →
Round barrow cemetery to the south of Codford Down is a Bronze Age burial site located in Wiltshire, comprising multiple funerary monuments characteristic of the second millennium BCE. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016556.
Round barrow cemetery to the south of Codford 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 1016556.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British village N of Stockton Wood (6.7 km), Field system on Wylye Down (7.2 km), Bilbury Rings (7.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow cemetery to the south of Codford Down'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 to the south of Codford Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.