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The Giant's Chair bell barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. Bell barrows are a distinctive type of Bronze Age funerary monument characterised by a central mound surrounded by a ditch and outer bank, a form that dates primarily to the second millennium BCE. The Giant's Chair exemplifies this monument type and represents an important archaeological record of ritual burial practices and social organisation during the Bronze Age period. As a scheduled ancient monument, it remains a significant feature of Wiltshire's rich prehistoric landscape and contributes to understanding the distribution and character of barrow cemeteries across southern England.
The Giant's Chair bell barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015936. View the official record →
The Giant's Chair bell barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015936.
The Giant's Chair bell barrow 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 1015936.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Frankenbury hillfort (7.5 km), Fordingbridge Bridge (8.6 km), The Butts round barrow cemetery (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of The Giant's Chair bell barrow'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.
The Giant's Chair bell barrow stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.