Scheduled MonumentsEnglandSix of the eight round barrows making up a nucleated round barrow cemetery 100m south of Fargo Road

Six of the eight round barrows making up a nucleated round barrow cemetery 100m south of Fargo Road

England
List entry 1009062
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009062
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.02 hectares
Grid reference
SU 12159 43577
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Six of the eight round barrows making up a nucleated round barrow cemetery 100m south of Fargo Road is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Wiltshire, England. The cemetery comprises eight closely grouped round barrows, of which six survive as visible earthworks, representing a concentrated zone of funerary activity typical of the second millennium BC. The barrows exhibit the characteristic domed or bowl-shaped profiles of Bronze Age burial mounds, though their condition and preservation vary across the group. Such nucleated barrow cemeteries reflect patterns of family or community burial practice during the Bronze Age, providing evidence of settlement organisation and social structure in prehistoric Wiltshire.

Six of the eight round barrows making up a nucleated round barrow cemetery 100m south of Fargo Road is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009062. View the official record →

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What is Six of the eight round barrows making up a nucleated round barrow cemetery 100m south of Fargo Road?

Six of the eight round barrows making up a nucleated round barrow cemetery 100m south of Fargo Road is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009062.

Who is responsible for protecting Six of the eight round barrows making up a nucleated round barrow cemetery 100m south of Fargo Road?

Six of the eight round barrows making up a nucleated round barrow cemetery 100m south of Fargo Road 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 1009062.

What other scheduled monuments are near Six of the eight round barrows making up a nucleated round barrow cemetery 100m south of Fargo Road?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two barrows NW of Little Down (6.3 km), Round barrow SE of Cowdown Farm (6.7 km), Group of barrows W of Hooklands Plantation (6.9 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 of the eight round barrows making up a nucleated round barrow cemetery 100m south of Fargo Road

Six of the eight round barrows making up a nucleated round barrow cemetery 100m south of Fargo Road stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.