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Round barrow N of Yarnbury Castle is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on the chalk downland near Yarnbury Castle in Wiltshire. The barrow forms part of a cluster of prehistoric burial mounds associated with the Iron Age hill fort of Yarnbury Castle, reflecting the long period of settlement and ceremonial activity in this landscape. As a round barrow, it would have served as a burial monument for elite individuals during the Bronze Age, constructed from chalk and soil quarried from a surrounding ditch. The monument survives as an earthwork and remains archaeologically significant for understanding Bronze Age burial practices and the development of settlement hierarchies in the Wessex chalklands.
Round barrow N of Yarnbury Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005614. View the official record →
Round barrow N of Yarnbury Castle is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on the chalk downland near Yarnbury Castle in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005614.
Round barrow N of Yarnbury Castle 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 1005614.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Grovely Castle and earthworks N of Grovely Wood (5.9 km), Hanging Langford camp and Church-end Ring (6 km), The Bake and Wylye Down milestones (7 km).
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