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Round barrow on the south side of Cotley Hill

England
List entry 1009835
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009835
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
ST 91935 43037
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round barrow on the south side of Cotley Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire. The barrow survives as an earthwork monument typical of the Bronze Age funerary tradition in southern England, dating to the period approximately 2200 to 700 BC. As a scheduled ancient monument recorded in the National Heritage List for England under entry 1009835, it represents an important archaeological resource for understanding prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in the region. The monument contributes to the substantial concentration of barrow sites found across the Wiltshire landscape, which preserves evidence of Bronze Age communities and their funerary customs.

Round barrow on the south side of Cotley Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009835. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round barrow on the south side of Cotley Hill?

Round barrow on the south side of Cotley Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009835.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow on the south side of Cotley Hill?

Round barrow on the south side of Cotley Hill 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 1009835.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow on the south side of Cotley Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthwork enclosure in Penning Wood, 290m NE of Penning (7.1 km), Bowl barrow in High Park on south facing slope of Fonthill Down (8 km), Bowl barrow 540m north of Woodbine Barn (8.6 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Earthwork enclosure in Penning Wood, 290m NE of Penning
7.1 km
Bowl barrow in High Park on south facing slope of Fonthill Down
8 km
Bowl barrow 540m north of Woodbine Barn
8.6 km
Bowl barrow 1480m east of Keysley Farm
8.8 km
Bowl barrow 700m south east of Field Barn
9.3 km
Bowl barrow on Keysley Down, 250m west of the A350 Warminster-Shaftesbury Road
9.3 km
Oval barrow on Keysley Down, 1040m NNE of Chapel Field Barn
9.8 km
Long barrow on Keysley Down, 1020m NNE of Chapel Field Barn
9.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow on the south side of Cotley Hill

Round barrow on the south side of Cotley Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Round barrow on the south side of Cotley Hill

StonehengeArchaeological site · ~12.6 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~14.8 milesBathRoman town · ~17.1 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~18.9 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~14.9 milesBattle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643Battle (1643) · ~20.7 milesBattle of LansdowneBattle (1643) · ~20.9 miles
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