What is recorded here
The National Heritage List for England records Round barrow cemetery on East Afton Down 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.
Round barrow cemetery on East Afton Down is a Neolithic burial site, dating to approximately 2500–2000 BCE. It is significant as part of a broader pattern of early ceremonial and funerary landscapes in southern Britain.
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