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Barrow on Parsonage Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. The barrow survives as an earthwork monument typical of funerary practices during the Bronze Age period, when such mounds were constructed to mark the graves of significant community members. Its preservation as a scheduled monument reflects its archaeological importance as evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and burial customs in the region. The site contributes to the broader landscape of Bronze Age barrows found across Dorset, which represents one of the county's richest concentrations of prehistoric burial archaeology.
Barrow on Parsonage Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002783. View the official record →
Barrow on Parsonage Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002783.
Barrow on Parsonage Hill 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 1002783.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of round barrows NW of Badbury Rings (8.4 km), Section of Roman road near Badbury Rings (8.4 km), Section of Roman road NW of Badbury Rings (8.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Barrow on Parsonage Hill'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 on Parsonage Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.