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Round barrow SW of Parsonage Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire. The barrow forms part of the extensive Bronze Age funerary landscape characteristic of the Wessex chalk downlands, an area rich in prehistoric ceremonial and burial monuments. As a round barrow, it would have served as a communal or individual burial structure, typical of the period between approximately 2200 and 1500 BC, though many barrows remained in use or were reused across a longer timespan. The monument is recorded as a scheduled ancient monument and represents an important element of the archaeological heritage of the Parsonage Down area.
Round barrow SW of Parsonage Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005622. View the official record →
Round barrow SW of Parsonage Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005622.
Round barrow SW of Parsonage 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 1005622.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Keysley Down, 250m west of the A350 Warminster-Shaftesbury Road (3.9 km), Bowl barrow 700m south east of Field Barn (4.3 km), Long barrow on Keysley Down, 1020m NNE of Chapel Field Barn (4.4 km).
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