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Woodminton Down round barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Wiltshire, England. The monument survives as an earthen mound characteristic of the round barrow tradition that flourished during the second millennium BCE across southern Britain. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents an important element of the Bronze Age funerary landscape of the Wiltshire chalklands, where such barrows frequently occur in clusters or linear arrangements. The barrow's preservation contributes to understanding local settlement patterns and burial practices during the Bronze Age period.
Woodminton Down round barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003729. View the official record →
Woodminton 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 1003729.
Woodminton 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 1003729.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barrows N of St Giles Park (9.8 km), Western end of Dorset Cursus (9.9 km), Long barrows SE of Thickthorn Farm (9.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Woodminton 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.
Woodminton Down round barrow stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.