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Wick Down round barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. The monument survives as a substantial earthwork and forms part of the broader landscape of prehistoric funerary monuments characteristic of the Wiltshire downs during the second millennium before Christ. Round barrows of this period typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods that reflect the status and practices of Bronze Age communities. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England and represents an important element of the archaeological heritage of the Wiltshire landscape.
Wick Down round barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004776. View the official record →
Wick Down round barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004776.
Wick Down round barrow 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 1004776.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Fordingbridge Bridge (6.7 km), Bowl barrow on Hampton Ridge (8 km), Bowl barrow on Ashleycross Hill (8.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wick Down round barrow'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.
Wick Down round barrow stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.