Lost and found: uncovering a major Bronze Age funerary landscape

Join Alistair Barclay, Principal Post-Excavation Manager at Cotswold Archaeology to hear about the recent prehistoric discoveries at Netherhampton near Salisbury.

In 2023 Cotswold Archaeology excavated a dozen round barrows of probable Beaker and Early Bronze Age date ahead of a new residential development between the village of Netherhampton and the Harnham suburb of south Salisbury. Unlike the well-preserved earthworks of Salisbury Plain and Cranborne Chase nearly all of the barrows have been ploughed flat. The cemetery is made up of various clusters of barrows and is unusual in that it spreads across the slope of the chalk downs and onto the valley floor of the River Nadder.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Salisbury Museum, 65 The Close, Salisbury, United Kingdom