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Barrow on Pentridge Down is a Bronze Age round barrow located on the Dorset downlands. The monument consists of a mound of earth and stone, characteristic of burial mounds constructed during the Bronze Age, a period spanning roughly 2200 to 700 BC. Such barrows typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status and beliefs of their contemporary communities. The barrow forms part of the extensive archaeological landscape of the Dorset chalk downlands, an area rich in prehistoric monuments that testify to settlement and ritual activity spanning millennia.
Barrow on Pentridge Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002797. View the official record →
Barrow on Pentridge Down is a Bronze Age round barrow located on the Dorset downlands. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002797.
Barrow on Pentridge 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 1002797.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of henge monuments, an associated group of round barrows, a Saxon cemetery, and a Norman church at Knowlton (7.5 km), Round barrow cemetery south of New Barn Farm, associated with the Knowlton Circles (7.9 km), Bowl barrow 170m north east of the Horton Inn (8.8 km).
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