Four Barrows - Added to Iconic Landscapes and Ancient Sites in Kennet, South West

I have just added this to the map of places to fly your drone at Drone Scene:

Barrow Cemetery in Wiltshire, 2500 - 1500 BC. A very well preserved collection of four linear barrows (three bell, one bowl) south of Sugar Hill, north of Aldbourne with their interconnected ditches and berms intact.

The monument is aligned along the crest of a prominent ridge-top and on the opposite side of a dry valley from a second barrow cemetery.

The contents of these Barrows are now in the British Museum. Three of the four barrows are of the Wessex bell type of barrow these are eight to ten feet high. The fourth is an ordinary bowl shaped mound, also ten feet high.

Excavations near the end of the 19th century revealed evidence of cremations and a skeleton. Other finds included amber, beads, flint arrowheads, fragments of greenstone axe and a grooved dagger.

Lovely walk out to the Barrows from the picturesque postcard village of Aldbourne with great views of an ancient landscape below overlaid on to a modern agricultural setting

The originator declared that this location was not inside a Flight Restriction Zone at the time of being flown on 17/07/2025. It remains the responsibility of any pilot to check for any changes before flying at the same location. Landowner permission may be required before taking off.

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