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The New King Barrows is a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery located in Wiltshire, comprising two bowl barrows and four bell barrows that together represent a significant cluster of funerary monuments from the second millennium BCE. The site demonstrates the characteristic morphology of Wessex barrow construction, with bell barrows distinguished by their distinctive outer ditch and berm features, whilst the bowl barrows exhibit the simpler hemispherical form typical of earlier Bronze Age burial practice. The cemetery reflects patterns of elite or high-status burial in the Wessex region during the Bronze Age, a period when such monuments were focal points for community identity and territorial expression. The survival of this group of monuments provides valuable evidence for understanding Bronze Age funerary practices and the landscape organisation of prehistoric Wiltshire.
Two bowl barrows and four bell barrows forming the greater part of a round barrow cemetery known as the New King Barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012381. View the official record →
The New King Barrows is a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery located in Wiltshire, comprising two bowl barrows and four bell barrows that together represent a significant cluster of funerary monuments from the second millennium BCE. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012381.
Two bowl barrows and four bell barrows forming the greater part of a round barrow cemetery known as the New King Barrows 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 1012381.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Newton Barrow (7.4 km), A pond barrow and a bowl barrow 200m south east of St Mary's Church forming outliers to a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Gunner (8.5 km), 'Ende Burgh' long barrow (8.6 km).
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Two bowl barrows and four bell barrows forming the greater part of a round barrow cemetery known as the New King Barrows stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.