
What is recorded here
Three bowl barrows stand west of Barbury Castle in Swindon, preserved as a scheduled monument. They are not a quirky modern installation but a formal recognition that the buried shape and history of the site must remain intact. The official record protects the place, yet it does not invite casual entry or reveal whether the ground still holds the lives that built it.
The National Heritage List for England records Three bowl barrows: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury Castle 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.
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Places near here
Barbury CastleArchaeological place · 441 yd
Iron Age roundhouse at Barbury Castle Country ParkCastle, fort or tower · 1103 yd
Barbury HillMountain / peak · 1407 yd
Milstone at Upper Herdswick FarmListed building · 1471 yd
Field system and earthwork enclosure on Burderop DownScheduled monument · 1589 yd
Hackpen Hill standing stoneAncient stone or rock art · 1.0 mi
Walker's PlantationWood · 1.1 mi
The Ridgeway, Hackpen HillTrack (period Unassigned) · 1.3 mi
The RidgewayVisitor information · 1.4 mi
Hackpen White HorseHeritage attraction · 1.4 mi
Shoulder of Mutton PlantationWood · 1.5 mi
Hackpen HillMountain / peak · 1.5 miOther information
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