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Barrows in Came Wood is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. The site consists of a group of round barrows situated within woodland, representing a characteristic form of funerary architecture from the second millennium BCE. These earthwork monuments reflect the ritual practices and social organisation of Bronze Age communities in southern Britain, where such burial mounds served as focal points for commemorating the dead. The barrows remain substantially preserved as earthwork features, contributing to understanding of Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in the Dorset landscape.
Barrows in Came Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002742. View the official record →
Barrows in Came Wood is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002742.
Barrows in Came Wood 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 1002742.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Preston Roman villa (2.9 km), Romano-Celtic temple and associated remains at Jordan Hill (3.4 km), Sandy Barrow W of East Farm Dairy (4.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Barrows in Came Wood'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 Came Wood stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.