Scheduled MonumentsEnglandBarrow group 200m north-east of Woodman's Cross

Barrow group 200m north-east of Woodman's Cross

England
List entry 1008678
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008678
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.42 hectares
Grid reference
SY 84830 85735
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Barrow group 200m north-east of Woodman's Cross is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset. The site comprises multiple barrows characteristic of the funerary practices of the second millennium BCE, when such mounds served as communal or individual burial places for prominent members of prehistoric communities. The barrows remain visible as earthwork features in the landscape, testament to the Bronze Age settlement and burial patterns of the Dorset region. Such barrow groups are significant archaeological records of prehistoric ritual, social organisation, and land use in southern England.

Barrow group 200m north-east of Woodman's Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008678. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Barrow group 200m north-east of Woodman's Cross?

Barrow group 200m north-east of Woodman's Cross is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008678.

Who is responsible for protecting Barrow group 200m north-east of Woodman's Cross?

Barrow group 200m north-east of Woodman's Cross 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 1008678.

What other scheduled monuments are near Barrow group 200m north-east of Woodman's Cross?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow on Boat Knoll (4.8 km), Two barrows in Halcombe Vale, 700m south west of Monastery Farm (5.3 km), Flower's Barrow: a small multivallate hillfort and associated outwork on Rings Hill (5.3 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Barrow group 200m north-east of Woodman's Cross

Barrow group 200m north-east of Woodman's Cross stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.