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Saucer barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located on Beacon Hill and Bulford Down in Wiltshire, forming part of a dispersed barrow cemetery characteristic of the chalk downlands of Salisbury Plain. The monument takes its name from its distinctive shallow, saucer-like profile, which distinguishes it from the more prominent bowl barrows found in the same landscape. As a funerary structure of the Bronze Age, it represents one of several burial monuments in this grouping that collectively document ritual practice and settlement patterns across the Wiltshire uplands during the second millennium BC. The barrow survives as an earthwork feature and remains designated as a scheduled ancient monument under list entry 1009944.
Saucer barrow: one of a dispersed group of barrows on Beacon Hill/Bulford Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009944. View the official record →
Saucer barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located on Beacon Hill and Bulford Down in Wiltshire, forming part of a dispersed barrow cemetery characteristic of the chalk downlands of Salisbury Plain. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009944.
Saucer barrow: one of a dispersed group of barrows on Beacon Hill/Bulford 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 1009944.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 530m SSW of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down (9.2 km), Bowl barrow 535m SSW of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down (9.2 km), Bell barrow and bowl barrow 500m NNW of Long Orchard (9.4 km).
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