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Barrow cemetery on Hardown Hill is a prehistoric burial site located approximately 600 metres west of Butt Farm in Dorset. The site comprises multiple barrows, representing funerary monuments of Bronze Age date. Such barrow cemeteries are characteristic of Bronze Age burial practice in southern England, typically containing inhumation or cremation deposits within earthen mounds. The survival of multiple barrows at this location indicates a significant period of use as a burial ground during the Bronze Age, contributing to understanding of prehistoric settlement patterns and mortuary practices in Dorset.
Barrow cemetery on Hardown Hill 600m west of Butt Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016375. View the official record →
Barrow cemetery on Hardown Hill is a prehistoric burial site located approximately 600 metres west of Butt Farm in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016375.
Barrow cemetery on Hardown Hill 600m west of Butt Farm is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1016375.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Three bowl barrows on High Bullen 230m south west of Hazelbower (0.3 km), St Gabriel's Church (2.1 km), Chideock Castle: a moated site and associated features 520m south west of Chideock Manor (2.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Barrow cemetery on Hardown Hill 600m west of Butt Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Barrow cemetery on Hardown Hill 600m west of Butt Farm stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.