Bush Barrow

Bush Barrow
Misty view of Bush Barrow
Bush Barrow on Normanton Down
Bush Barrow is located in Wiltshire
Bush Barrow
Shown within Wiltshire
Locationgrid reference SU11644126
Coordinates51°10′14″N 1°50′05″W / 51.17051°N 1.834819°W / 51.17051; -1.834819
TypeTumulus
Part ofNormanton Down round barrow cemetery
History
PeriodsBronze Age
Site notes
Excavation dates1808
ArchaeologistsWilliam Cunnington
OwnershipManaged as an RSPB reserve
Public accessNo (but near a bridleway)
Official nameStonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
TypeCultural
Criteriai, ii, iii
Designated1986 (10th session)
Reference no.373
RegionEurope and North America
Designated1925
Reference no.1009618

Bush Barrow is a site of the early British Bronze Age Wessex culture (c. 2000 BC), at the western end of the Normanton Down Barrows cemetery in Wiltshire, England. It is among the most important sites of the Stonehenge complex, having produced some of the most spectacular grave goods in Britain. It was excavated in 1808 by William Cunnington for Sir Richard Colt Hoare. The finds, including worked gold objects, are displayed at Wiltshire Museum in Devizes.