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Barrows in Salisbury Plantation is a group of Bronze Age burial mounds situated in Dorset, England. The site comprises multiple barrow monuments, which represent funerary structures characteristic of the Bronze Age period, roughly dating from around 2200 to 700 BC. These earthwork remains preserve evidence of prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns across the Dorset landscape. The barrows are designated as a scheduled monument, reflecting their archaeological importance as surviving examples of Bronze Age monumental architecture and their potential to yield further information about contemporary society and land use.
Barrows in Salisbury Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002817. View the official record →
Barrows in Salisbury Plantation is a group of Bronze Age burial mounds situated in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002817.
Barrows in Salisbury 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 1002817.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow cemetery south of New Barn Farm, associated with the Knowlton Circles (6.7 km), Bowl barrow 170m north east of the Horton Inn (7.5 km), Lengths of Roman road in Norwood Coppice and in The Rookery (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Barrows in Salisbury 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 Salisbury Plantation stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.