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Two saucer barrows and a pair of bowl barrows 750m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation is a Neolithic and Bronze Age burial monument forming part of the round barrow cemetery on Horton Down in Wiltshire. The cemetery comprises multiple barrow types, with the saucer barrows and bowl barrows representing distinct mortuary practices from the Bronze Age period. Saucer barrows are characterised by their shallow, wide circular earthworks with minimal central mounding, whilst bowl barrows feature more pronounced central mounds within their defining circular banks or ditches. This group of monuments contributes to the archaeological significance of the Horton Down landscape, which contains substantial evidence of prehistoric funerary activity and settlement patterns characteristic of the chalk downlands of Wiltshire.
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 Neolithic and Bronze Age burial monument forming part of the round barrow cemetery 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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Two saucer barrows and a pair of bowl barrows 750m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.