Normanton Down is a Neolithic and Bronze Age barrow cemetery, about 0.6 miles (1 km) south of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England.

[1] The barrows of Normanton Down, visible from Stonehenge along the southern horizon, have been part of the scenery of Salisbury Plain since 2000 BC.

Cunnington and Hoare noted four sets of "curiously huddled together" human remains in the east end of the Long barrow.

[4] South of the long barrow lies a mortuary enclosure; this rectangular neolithic earthwork, now ploughed out, was discovered by aerial photography and excavated in 1959.

In 2007, researchers from the University of Birmingham, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, began intensive studies of the artefacts found in all British Bronze Age burials, including those at Bush Barrow; and in 2010 an extensive survey of the condition and context of the barrows was made by English Heritage, as part of their Stonehenge World Heritage Site Landscape Project.

The Normanton "linear" cemetery emerged along the main ridge, with three foci marking the landscape in a relatively straight line.

Burials involving Deverel-Rimbury urns of middle Bronze Age manufacture are present in clusters of small mounds.

[10] Below is an extract from Cunnington's account: " On reaching the floor of the barrow, we discovered the skeleton of a stout and tall man lying from south to north: the extreme length of his thigh bone was 20 inches.

Near the right arm was a large dagger of brass and a spearhead of the same material, full 13 inches long, and the largest we have ever found.

We next discovered, on the right side of the skeleton, a very curious perforated stone, some wrought articles of bone, many small rings of the same material and another lozenge of gold.

[13] The type and quantity of grave goods found at Normanton Down suggest it was a burial place for people of high social status.