Scheduled MonumentsEnglandSix bowl barrows forming the majority of a round barrow cemetery in Larkhill Camp south of The Packway

Six bowl barrows forming the majority of a round barrow cemetery in Larkhill Camp south of The Packway

England
List entry 1009068
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009068
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.76 hectares
Grid reference
SU 13121 44015
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Six bowl barrows form the majority of a round barrow cemetery located within Larkhill Camp south of The Packway near Salisbury in Wiltshire. These burial mounds, dating to the Bronze Age, represent a significant concentration of funerary monuments characteristic of the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods when such barrow cemeteries were established across Wiltshire's chalk downlands. The barrows are situated within a wider landscape rich in prehistoric remains, reflecting the importance of this area as a focus for ritual and burial activity. The site is protected as a designated heritage monument, preserving evidence of early Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in central southern England.

Six bowl barrows forming the majority of a round barrow cemetery in Larkhill Camp south of The Packway is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009068. View the official record →

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What is Six bowl barrows forming the majority of a round barrow cemetery in Larkhill Camp south of The Packway?

Six bowl barrows form the majority of a round barrow cemetery located within Larkhill Camp south of The Packway near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009068.

Who is responsible for protecting Six bowl barrows forming the majority of a round barrow cemetery in Larkhill Camp south of The Packway?

Six bowl barrows forming the majority of a round barrow cemetery in Larkhill Camp south of The Packway 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 1009068.

What other scheduled monuments are near Six bowl barrows forming the majority of a round barrow cemetery in Larkhill Camp south of The Packway?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow SE of Cowdown Farm (7.4 km), Group of barrows W of Hooklands Plantation (7.5 km), Heale Hill round barrows and earthworks (7.5 km).

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Monuments
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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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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Six bowl barrows forming the majority of a round barrow cemetery in Larkhill Camp south of The Packway

Six bowl barrows forming the majority of a round barrow cemetery in Larkhill Camp south of The Packway stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.