 Round barrow on Normanton Down | |
  Shown within Wiltshire | |
| Location | grid reference SU120412 |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 51°10′12″N 1°49′48″W / 51.170°N 1.830°W |
| Type | Round barrow cemetery |
| Part of | Stonehenge ritual landscape |
| Length | 1km |
| History | |
| Periods | Bronze Age |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 18th and 19th centuries |
| Archaeologists | William Cunnington and others |
| Ownership | Part managed as an RSPB reserve |
| Public access | Crossed by two bridleways |
| Official name | Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | i, ii, iii |
| Designated | 1986 (10th session) |
| Reference no. | 373 |
| Region | Europe and North America |
| Designated | 1925 |
| 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]
- ^ "History of Stonehenge". English Heritage. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
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