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Beacon Mound on Beacon Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. The monument survives as an earthwork of substantial proportions that represents funerary practice during the Bronze Age period. Its prominent hilltop location suggests it may have held territorial or ceremonial significance within the prehistoric landscape. The site remains an important archaeological resource for understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial customs in the region.
Beacon mound on Beacon Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016280. View the official record →
Beacon Mound on Beacon Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016280.
Beacon mound on Beacon Hill 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 1016280.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Worgret Heath, 390m west of Little Farm (8.2 km), Group of linear earthworks on Worgret Heath (8.2 km), Bowl barrow 500m west of Worgret Manor Farm, forming an outlier of the Worgret Heath round barrow cemetery (8.3 km).
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