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Beacon mound on Beacon Hill is a prehistoric burial mound located in Dorset, England. The monument is scheduled as an ancient monument and is listed on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1016280. It represents an example of Bronze Age funerary practice in southern England, typical of the barrow monuments that characterise the Dorset landscape from this period. The mound's precise dimensions and any associated archaeological features reflect the burial traditions and landscape use patterns of Bronze Age communities 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 prehistoric 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Beacon mound on Beacon Hill'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.
Beacon mound on Beacon Hill stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.