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Snowshill round barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located south-west of Snowshill village in Gloucestershire. The site comprises a group of round barrows, earthworks characteristic of burial practices during the Bronze Age, a period spanning approximately 2200 to 700 BC. These monuments represent significant evidence of prehistoric settlement and mortuary ritual in the Cotswolds region. The barrows remain visible as earthwork features in the landscape, contributing to understanding of Bronze Age communities and their treatment of the dead.
Snowshill round barrows (SW of village) is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002099. View the official record →
Snowshill round barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located south-west of Snowshill village in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002099.
Snowshill round barrows (SW of village) 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 1002099.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 180m WNW of Nosehill Farm (8 km), Round barrow 250m south east of Greenfield Hill Barn (8.9 km), Spoonley Wood Roman villa (8.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Snowshill round barrows (SW of village)'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.
Snowshill round barrows (SW of village) stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.