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Tow Barrow is a long barrow situated on Wexcombe Down in Wiltshire, dating to the Neolithic period. The monument represents the funerary and ritual practices of early farming communities in prehistoric Britain, constructed as a chambered or earthen mound aligned on an east-west axis typical of long barrows in southern England. The site survives as an earthwork monument and remains archaeologically significant as evidence of early settlement and burial customs in the Marlborough Downs landscape. Like other long barrows of its type, Tow Barrow would have served as a communal burial place and possibly a territorial marker for the communities that constructed and used it during the Neolithic period.
Tow Barrow: a long barrow on Wexcombe Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013219. View the official record →
Tow Barrow is a long barrow situated on Wexcombe Down in Wiltshire, dating to the Neolithic period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013219.
Tow Barrow: a long barrow on Wexcombe 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 1013219.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman buildings on Lambourne's Hill (7.7 km), Section of boundary earthwork east of Sidbury Hill (8.9 km), Boundary earthwork on Lamb Down (9.4 km).
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