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Two saucer barrows and a pair of bowl barrows 750m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation is a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery located on Horton Down in Wiltshire. The monument comprises four distinct barrow types arranged within a defined cemetery area, reflecting the varied funerary practices of the Bronze Age communities in this region. Saucer barrows, characterised by their shallow, spread form, and bowl barrows, with their more pronounced central mounds, represent different chronological phases or social distinctions within Bronze Age burial practice. The site forms part of the broader landscape of ceremonial monuments and burial grounds that characterise the Wiltshire chalk downlands and demonstrates the continued use of this territory for ritual purposes across the Bronze Age period.
Two saucer barrows and a pair of bowl barrows 750m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012982. View the official record →
Two saucer barrows and a pair of bowl barrows 750m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation is a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery located on Horton Down in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012982.
Two saucer barrows and a pair of bowl barrows 750m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton 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 1012982.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site (3 km), Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill (3.1 km), Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse (3.4 km).
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