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Round barrow on Easton Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. The monument survives as an earthwork mound typical of the Bronze Age barrow tradition, which represents a significant funerary practice in prehistoric Britain during the second millennium BC. Such barrows commonly contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods that reflected the status of the deceased. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England and represents an important archaeological resource for understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and funerary customs in the region.
Round barrow on Easton Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005693. View the official record →
Round barrow on Easton Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005693.
Round barrow on Easton 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 1005693.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Boundary earthwork across Dunch Hill Golf Course (9.3 km), Earthwork enclosure north-east of Brigmerston Plantation (9.7 km), Bowl barrow: one of a group of four round barrows west of Brigmerston Plantation (9.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow on Easton 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 on Easton Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.