Writing in 1928, Victor Strode Manley, as part of his Regional Survey Of Warminster And District, made the following notes concerning Upton Scudamore:
South of the church, near Bear Close Cottages, is seen a barrow, once left in the middle of a ploughed field but now pasture. It has recently been protected as an Ancient Monument.
I have noted at least five ochreous boulders in the village, of a geological period not now represented in the locality. One of these still lies at the south side of the barrow and most likely the others were removed from the same place and it would be rendering good service if they were replaced there now that the barrow is protected. The others are:- At the road corner opposite N.W. of the church wall, at Temple Farm entrance and nearly opposite the Chapel. It was sometimes customary to surround a barrow with upright stones, the circle being sacred and inviolate.
There are other places outside the churchyard which seem to have been earthworks.
On the south side of the [Biss] Bottom are broad lynchets of uncertain age and use.
Opposite the village on the Downs is Calloway Clump [Colloway Clump] with its holloway leading to the summit and the barrows en route. The valley east of the road at this point is Fernicombe.