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Barrow on College Down is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound situated in Dorset, England. The monument survives as an earthwork in the landscape and forms part of the broader archaeological context of barrow cemeteries characteristic of Dorset's chalk downlands during prehistory. Such monuments represent significant ritual and funerary practices of early communities in southern Britain, preserving evidence of burial customs and territorial organisation across multiple centuries of the later prehistoric period. The site is recorded within the National Heritage List for England under the designated reference number 1002842, reflecting its recognised archaeological and historical importance.
Barrow on College Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002842. View the official record →
Barrow on College Down is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound situated in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002842.
Barrow on College Down 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 1002842.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Outer defences of Roman town, W of St Genevieve's Convent (8.8 km), Henge, Romano-British amphitheatre and Civil War fieldworks known collectively as Maumbury Rings (9.2 km), Remains of Neolithic enclosure and associated features at Max Gate (9.3 km).
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