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Saucer barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial mound forming part of a barrow cemetery situated west of Barbury Castle in Wiltshire. The monument is characterized by its distinctive saucer-shaped form, a type of barrow defined by a slight central mound surrounded by a shallow depression or ditch, which distinguishes it from the more prominent round barrows found within the same cemetery complex. The barrow cemetery in this location reflects the pattern of funerary activity spanning the prehistoric period, with Saucer barrow representing one element of this concentrated ritual landscape. The site's proximity to Barbury Castle, itself an Iron Age hillfort, indicates the palimpsest of human activity and territorial significance in this part of the Wiltshire Downs across multiple periods.
Saucer barrow: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010468. View the official record →
Saucer barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial mound forming part of a barrow cemetery situated west of Barbury Castle in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010468.
Saucer barrow: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle 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 1010468.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow in The Belt, 350m north east of Hill Barn (8.8 km), West Kennet long barrow, 800m south-east of Silbury Hill (9.6 km), Bowl barrow 200m north of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery (9.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Saucer barrow: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle'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.
Saucer barrow: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.