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Barrows N of St Giles Park is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. The site comprises a group of burial mounds characteristic of the Wessex Bronze Age tradition, likely dating to the second millennium BCE. These barrows represent an important focus for prehistoric settlement and ritual activity in the local landscape. The surviving earthworks contribute to understanding Bronze Age mortuary practices and the distribution of funerary monuments across Dorset's archaeological record.
Barrows N of St Giles Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002780. View the official record →
Barrows N of St Giles Park is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002780.
Barrows N of St Giles Park 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 1002780.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 250m north east of Monmouth's Ash Farm (5.3 km), Bowl barrow 90m north east of Monmouth's Ash Farm (5.5 km), Sandalholme pottery works (5.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Barrows N of St Giles Park'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 N of St Giles Park stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.