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Barrows at junction of parish boundaries is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. The site comprises a group of barrows positioned at the convergence of parish boundaries, a location pattern reflecting both ancient funerary practice and later administrative divisions of the landscape. Such barrow complexes typically date from the second millennium BCE and represent significant ritual and ceremonial focal points within their contemporary communities. The positioning at parish junctions suggests the monument's enduring importance in structuring territorial organisation across successive periods of occupation and land division.
Barrows at junction of parish boundaries is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002791. View the official record →
Barrows at junction of parish boundaries is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002791.
Barrows at junction of parish boundaries 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 1002791.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 170m north east of the Horton Inn (7.5 km), Bowl barrow 240m north east of Martin's Farm Bungalow (9 km), Potteries at Prairie Farm (9.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Barrows at junction of parish boundaries'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.
Barrows at junction of parish boundaries stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.