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Two round barrows W of New Town Farm is a scheduled ancient monument located in Wiltshire, comprising two Bronze Age burial mounds. The barrows represent typical funerary monuments of the Bronze Age period, when such earthen mounds were constructed to mark the graves of individuals or small groups and served as focal points within prehistoric landscapes. Their survival to the present day, despite centuries of agricultural activity in the region, provides evidence of settlement patterns and mortuary practices in Bronze Age Wiltshire. The site's scheduled status reflects its archaeological importance as a resource for understanding prehistoric burial customs and the distribution of Bronze Age monuments across the county.
Two round barrows W of New Town Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004716. View the official record →
Two round barrows W of New Town Farm is a scheduled ancient monument located in Wiltshire, comprising two Bronze Age burial mounds.
Two round barrows W of New Town Farm 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 1004716.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Hatfield Earthwork: a henge enclosure, henge and remains of monumental mound at Marden (6.3 km), Medieval village site (6.7 km), Strip lynchet system north of Chisman's Cleeve (8.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Two round barrows W of New Town Farm'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 round barrows W of New Town Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.