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Barrow near Burtts Harley is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. The monument consists of an earthen barrow typical of funerary practices during the Bronze Age period, when such mounds were constructed to mark the graves of significant individuals or family groups. Its survival to the present day, despite extensive agricultural use of the Dorset landscape, makes it a valuable archaeological record of prehistoric burial customs and settlement patterns in the region.
Barrow near Burtts Harley is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002787. View the official record →
Barrow near Burtts Harley is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002787.
Barrow near Burtts Harley 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 1002787.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bradford Barrow (8.5 km), Length of Roman road near King Down Farm (8.7 km), Bull Barrow on Holt Heath (9.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Barrow near Burtts Harley'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 near Burtts Harley stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.