National Trust Purchase
White Barrow was the first piece of land that the National Trust acquired purely in the interests of archaeological conservation. Prior to that, the Trust had mainly been concerned with open spaces, houses and gardens. The barrow, along with 2.75 acres (11,100 m2) of land was purchased by subscription in 1909 for the sum of £60, at a time when the MoD was rapidly buying up land around it as part of Salisbury Plain Training Area.
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