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The Mount round barrow

England
List entry 1005590
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1005590
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.07 hectares
Grid reference
SU 25600 24788
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The Mount round barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. The monument survives as a substantial earthwork comprising a circular mound, typical of the funerary monuments constructed during the second millennium before the Common Era across southern England. Round barrows such as this represent significant evidence for Bronze Age burial practices and social organisation, though the specific contents and any grave goods associated with this particular example are not well documented in the accessible scholarly record. The site remains a testament to prehistoric ceremonial and burial traditions in the Wiltshire landscape.

The Mount round barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005590. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is The Mount round barrow?

The Mount round barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005590.

Who is responsible for protecting The Mount round barrow?

The Mount round 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 1005590.

What other scheduled monuments are near The Mount round barrow?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 675m north of Longcross Pond forming part of Black Bush Plain round barrow cemetery (8.9 km), Bowl barrow 645m north of Longcross Pond forming part of Black Bush Plain round barrow cemetery (8.9 km), Bowl barrow 545m north of Longcross Pond forming part of Black Bush Plain round barrow cemetery (9 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 675m north of Longcross Pond forming part of Black Bush Plain round barrow cemetery
8.9 km
Bowl barrow 645m north of Longcross Pond forming part of Black Bush Plain round barrow cemetery
8.9 km
Bowl barrow 545m north of Longcross Pond forming part of Black Bush Plain round barrow cemetery
9 km
Bowl barrow 515m north of Longcross Pond forming part of Black Bush Plain round barrow cemetery
9.1 km
Bowl barrow 500m north of Longcross Pond forming part of Black Bush Plain round barrow cemetery
9.1 km
Five bowl barrows 500m north of Longcross Pond forming part of the Black Bush Plain round barrow cemetery
9.1 km
Bowl barrow and associated enclosure 430m north of Longcross Pond forming part of Black Bush Plain round barrow cemetery
9.2 km
Four bowl barrows west of Breamore Hat
9.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under The Mount round barrow

The Mount round barrow stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around The Mount round barrow

Old SarumArchaeological site · ~9 milesStonehengeArchaeological site · ~13.6 milesWinchesterRoman town · ~14.3 miles
Domesday entry for Frustfield, Wiltshire →
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