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Barrow S of Common Plantation is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. The monument represents the funerary practices of the Bronze Age period, when such earthen barrows served as prominent landscape features marking the graves of significant community members. The site is part of a wider distribution of Bronze Age barrows across Dorset, which constitute some of the most abundant archaeological remains from this era in southern England. As a designated ancient monument, the barrow preserves evidence of prehistoric burial ritual and settlement patterns in the region.
Barrow S of Common Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002773. View the official record →
Barrow S of Common Plantation is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002773.
Barrow S of Common Plantation 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 1002773.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Upton Fort, a coastal artillery battery and two searchlight emplacements (6.4 km), Fishpond at West Ringstead, 590m south of Pit House (6.5 km), Two bowl barrows 200m south east of Hill Barn: two of a group of three barrows (7.7 km).
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