Round barrow south-west of Compton Farm
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Scheduled monument
- List Entry Number:
- 1017936
- Date first listed:
- 17-Mar-1965
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- Heritage Category:
- Scheduled monument
- List Entry Number:
- 1017936
- Date first listed:
- 17-Mar-1965
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 04-Jan-1990
Location
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Enford
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 12955 51685
Reasons for Designation
The most complete and extensive survival of chalk downland archaeological remains in central southern England occurs on Salisbury Plain, particularly in those areas lying within the Salisbury Plain Training Area. These remains represent one of the few extant archaeological "landscapes" in Britain and are considered to be of special significance because they differ in character from those in other areas with comparable levels of preservation. Individual sites on Salisbury Plain are seen as being additionally important because the evidence of their direct association with each other survives so well. Some 470 round barrows, funerary monuments dating to the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, are known to have existed in the Salisbury Plain Training Area, many grouped together as cemeteries. The total includes some 70 barrows of rare types. Such is the quality of the survival of the archaeological landscape, over 300 of these barrows have been identified as nationally important.
Details
A bowl barrow situated on a north facing slope below the crest of a ridge. It was originally c.50m overall diameter but it now appears smaller due to ploughing. It is described as "One of the largest round barrows in Wiltshire".
MAP EXTRACT The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract. It includes a 4 metre boundary around the archaeological features, considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 10039
- Legacy System:
- RSM
Sources
Other
Wiltshire Library & Museum Service, (1987)
Trust for Wessex Archaeology, (1987)
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