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Winterbourne Bassett mound

England
List entry 1004749
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004749
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.06 hectares
Grid reference
SU 09695 75234
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Winterbourne Bassett mound is a Neolithic long barrow situated in Wiltshire, positioned within the rich archaeological landscape of the Chalk downlands. The monument consists of an elongated earthwork mound characteristic of the early Neolithic period, likely dating to between 4000 and 3000 BC, a time when such communal burial monuments were constructed across southern Britain. Long barrows such as this served as focal points for funerary practice and ritual activity, often containing multiple burials and representing significant investment of labour by early agricultural communities. The site remains an important testimony to Neolithic settlement patterns and burial customs in the Wiltshire region.

Winterbourne Bassett mound is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004749. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Winterbourne Bassett mound?

Winterbourne Bassett mound is a Neolithic long barrow situated in Wiltshire, positioned within the rich archaeological landscape of the Chalk downlands. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004749.

Who is responsible for protecting Winterbourne Bassett mound?

Winterbourne Bassett mound 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 1004749.

What other scheduled monuments are near Winterbourne Bassett mound?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosure on Horton Down (9.4 km), Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down (9.4 km), Two bowl barrows 400m south of Tanhill Penning (9.5 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Enclosure on Horton Down
9.4 km
Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
9.4 km
Two bowl barrows 400m south of Tanhill Penning
9.5 km
Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
9.6 km
Long barrow on Horton Down
9.6 km
Langdean stone circle
9.8 km
Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Tanhill Penning
9.9 km
Pair of bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
9.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Winterbourne Bassett mound

Winterbourne Bassett mound stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Winterbourne Bassett mound

AveburyArchaeological site · ~3.3 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~4.2 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~5 milesMildenhallRoman town · ~8.2 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~8.2 miles
Domesday entry for Winterbourne, Wiltshire →
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