What is recorded here
The National Heritage List for England records Oval barrow 1260m north west of Mere Down Farm as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Oval barrow, dating to the Early Bronze Age, typically used as a burial monument. Its significance lies in representing a common form of funerary architecture from the period, reflecting early communal burial practices.
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Places near here
Rodmead HillMountain / peak · 600 yd
Truncombe WoodForest · 1366 yd
Old Milestone by The Ridgeway, Mere ParishMonument or public art · 1563 yd
Court Hill PlantationForest · 1665 yd
Cross dyke on Mere Down, east of White Sheet Hill hillfortScheduled monument · 1.0 mi
Woodlands HillMountain or hill · 1.1 mi
Reservoir and aerial on White Sheet HillMountain or hill · 1.3 mi
White Sheet CastleArchaeological place · 1.4 mi
White Sheet HillMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
Kingston Deverill churchChurch, cross or graveyard · 1.6 mi
36 and 38Listed building · 1.6 mi
Mere CastleScheduled monument · 2.1 mi