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Round barrow north of Summer Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire. The barrow takes the form of a circular earthwork characteristic of burial practices prevalent during the Bronze Age period, when such monuments served as communal or individual sepulchres for elevated members of prehistoric societies. The site's preservation as a scheduled monument reflects its archaeological significance as evidence of burial tradition and landscape use during the second millennium BCE. Its location within Wiltshire places it within a region particularly rich in prehistoric monumental archaeology.
Round barrow north of Summer Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009755. View the official record →
Round barrow north of Summer Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009755.
Round barrow north of Summer 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 1009755.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow N of Yarnbury Castle (10.2 km), Deptford Down round barrow (10.5 km), Henge monument 300m south of Longbarrow Cross Roads, east of A360 (10.5 km).
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