Winterbourne Stoke West round barrow cemetery, The Coniger enclosure and section of linear boundary earthwork

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History & significance

Winterbourne Stoke West round barrow cemetery is a Bronze Age burial monument complex located on the chalk downlands of Wiltshire, England. The site comprises multiple round barrows arranged as a linear cemetery, representing a significant ritual landscape from the second and early second millennium BCE. Associated with the barrow group are earthwork remains including the Coniger enclosure and sections of linear boundary, which form part of the broader archaeological palimpsest of monument construction and land division characteristic of the Stonehenge landscape. The barrows themselves would have served as focal points for community identity and ancestor veneration during the Bronze Age period, while the later boundary features reflect evolving land management practices across subsequent periods of settlement and use.

Winterbourne Stoke West round barrow cemetery, The Coniger enclosure and section of linear boundary earthwork is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015019. View the official record →

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