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Barrows in and near The Drive Plantation is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. The site comprises a group of barrows, which are earthen mounds raised over grave deposits, typical of funerary practices during the Bronze Age period. Such barrow cemeteries represent significant archaeological evidence of settlement patterns and burial customs in prehistoric Dorset, contributing to understanding of early Bronze Age society in southern England. The monument remains an important record of ritual and mortuary practice from this period.
Barrows in and near The Drive Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002788. View the official record →
Barrows in and near The Drive Plantation is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002788.
Barrows in and near The Drive 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 1002788.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 170m north east of the Horton Inn (6.5 km), Potteries at Prairie Farm (9 km), Bowl barrow 250m north east of Monmouth's Ash Farm (9.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Barrows in and near The Drive Plantation'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 in and near The Drive Plantation stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.