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Normanton Down round barrow cemetery
Round barrow on Normanton Down
Round barrow on Normanton Down
Normanton Down Barrows is located in Wiltshire
Normanton Down Barrows
Shown within Wiltshire
Locationgrid reference SU120412
Coordinates51°10′12″N 1°49′48″W / 51.170°N 1.830°W / 51.170; -1.830
TypeRound barrow cemetery
Part ofStonehenge ritual landscape
Length1km
History
PeriodsBronze Age
Site notes
Excavation dates18th and 19th centuries
ArchaeologistsWilliam Cunnington and others
OwnershipPart managed as an RSPB reserve
Public accessCrossed by two bridleways
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official nameStonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
TypeCultural
Criteriai, ii, iii
Designated1986 (10th session)
Reference no.373
RegionEurope and North America
Scheduled monument
Designated1925
Reference no.(west to east): 1009617, 1009618, 1009614, 1009615, 1009616, 1010330

Normanton Down is a Neolithic and Bronze Age barrow cemetery, about 0.6 miles (1 km) south of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. The burials date from between 2600 and 1600 BC and consist of a Neolithic long barrow and some 40 or more Bronze Age round barrows, along the crest of a low ridge.[1]

  1. ^ "History of Stonehenge". English Heritage. Retrieved 21 July 2016.

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