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Rollestone Field linear round barrow cemetery is a Bronze Age burial ground located in Wiltshire comprising five funerary monuments arranged in a linear formation across the landscape. The cemetery consists of two bell barrows, two bowl barrows and a disc barrow, representing different monument types characteristic of Early and Middle Bronze Age burial practices in southern England, typically dating to the second millennium BCE. The linear arrangement of these barrows suggests a chronological sequence of burials or a deliberate spatial organisation reflecting community burial traditions and territorial significance. The site preserves important evidence of funerary ritual and social organisation in Bronze Age Wiltshire, forming part of the rich archaeological landscape of the Stonehenge region.
Two bell barrows, two bowl barrows and a disc barrow which form the greater part of Rollestone Field linear round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010904. View the official record →
Rollestone Field linear round barrow cemetery is a Bronze Age burial ground located in Wiltshire comprising five funerary monuments arranged in a linear formation across the landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010904.
Two bell barrows, two bowl barrows and a disc barrow which form the greater part of Rollestone Field linear round barrow cemetery 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 1010904.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 540m south east of Druid's Head Farm (6 km), Stapleford Castle (6.7 km), Round barrow SE of Cowdown Farm (7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Two bell barrows, two bowl barrows and a disc barrow which form the greater part of Rollestone Field linear round barrow cemetery'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.
Two bell barrows, two bowl barrows and a disc barrow which form the greater part of Rollestone Field linear round barrow cemetery stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.