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Round barrow in the grounds of RAF Upavon is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located near the village of Upavon in Wiltshire. The barrow survives as an earthwork monument within the modern military establishment and represents a significant archaeological feature of the region's prehistoric ritual landscape. Its construction and use reflect the funerary practices of early prehistoric communities in the Wiltshire chalk downlands, though detailed records of excavation or internal structure are limited in the accessible scholarly record. The monument's survival within an active RAF station has afforded it a degree of protection from agricultural disturbance that has affected many comparable barrows across Salisbury Plain.
Round barrow in the grounds of RAF Upavon is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010667. View the official record →
Round barrow in the grounds of RAF Upavon is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located near the village of Upavon in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010667.
Round barrow in the grounds of RAF Upavon 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 1010667.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow: one of two round barrows east of Carter Barracks (10.2 km), Bowl barrow: one of two round barrows east of Carter Barracks (10.3 km), Bowl barrow: one of a group of round barrows on Milston-Bulford Down (10.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow in the grounds of RAF Upavon'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 in the grounds of RAF Upavon stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.