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Round barrow east of Milston Down is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, forming part of the extensive barrow cemetery that characterises the downland landscape of this region. The monument consists of a circular earthwork typical of prehistoric funerary practice, serving as a communal or individual burial site dating to the third and second millennia before the present. Its survival as an upstanding feature reflects the relative stability of the chalk downland environment and the absence of significant later disturbance. The barrow contributes to the archaeological understanding of prehistoric settlement patterns and mortuary practices across the Salisbury Plain landscape, an area of particular archaeological significance within southern England.
Round barrow east of Milston Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009651. View the official record →
Round barrow east of Milston Down is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, forming part of the extensive barrow cemetery that characterises the downland landscape of this region. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009651.
Round barrow east of Milston 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 1009651.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bell barrow 250m NNE of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down (8.9 km), Bronze Age enclosure and linear boundary earthwork on Boscombe Down East (9 km), Bell barrow 300m ENE of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down (9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow east of Milston 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 east of Milston Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.