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Ten round barrows forming the Lake Down round barrow cemetery is a Bronze Age burial monument located near Lake Down in Wiltshire, England. The cemetery comprises ten individual barrows arranged across the landscape, representing a concentrated focus of burial activity typical of Bronze Age funerary practices in the region. A linear boundary, itself an ancient feature, crosses the site, suggesting Bronze Age or later land division that intersects with the earlier burial landscape. The monument is registered on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1010875 and remains an important archaeological resource for understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary practices in Wiltshire.
Ten round barrows forming the Lake Down round barrow cemetery and a section of linear boundary crossing Lake Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010875. View the official record →
Ten round barrows forming the Lake Down round barrow cemetery is a Bronze Age burial monument located near Lake Down in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010875.
Ten round barrows forming the Lake Down round barrow cemetery and a section of linear boundary crossing Lake 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 1010875.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Old Sarum (6.7 km), Romano-British settlement at Stratford sub Castle (7.7 km), Ruined church of SS Mary and Nicholas (8.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ten round barrows forming the Lake Down round barrow cemetery and a section of linear boundary crossing Lake Down'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.
Ten round barrows forming the Lake Down round barrow cemetery and a section of linear boundary crossing Lake Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.