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Two of a group of round barrows on Silk Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire. The site comprises multiple burial mounds typical of the early to middle Bronze Age period, reflecting the ritual and commemorative practices of prehistoric communities in the Wessex region. Round barrows of this type served as focal points for burial and ceremonial activity, often containing inhumations or cremations within central chambers or pits. The Silk Hill barrows represent an important concentration of such monuments and contribute to understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial traditions in Wiltshire.
Two of a group of round barrows on Silk Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009541. View the official record →
Two of a group of round barrows on Silk Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009541.
Two of a group of round barrows on Silk Hill 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 1009541.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 250m south east of Tower Hill (9.4 km), Ogbury camp (9.5 km), Saucer barrow 400m north east of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down (9.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Two of a group of round barrows on Silk Hill's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Two of a group of round barrows on Silk Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.