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Barrows on Wyke Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. The site comprises a group of round barrows situated on elevated downland, characteristic of the extensive barrow cemeteries that dot the Dorset landscape and date primarily to the second millennium BC. These earthen mounds represent the burial practices of Bronze Age communities and contribute to our understanding of prehistoric settlement patterns and ritual behaviour in southern Britain. The barrows remain significant archaeological features, preserving evidence of the ceremonial and mortuary traditions of their period despite later landscape modification.
Barrows on Wyke Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002789. View the official record →
Barrows on Wyke Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002789.
Barrows on Wyke Down 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 1002789.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 170m north east of the Horton Inn (6.5 km), Roman buildings N of Witchampton Mill (9 km), Remains of medieval buildings ('Abbey buildings') (9.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Barrows on Wyke Down'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 on Wyke Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.