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Bell barrow on Hambury Tout: the western of two round barrows on Hambury Tout

England
List entry 1011483
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011483
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.09 hectares
Grid reference
SY 81581 80291
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bell barrow on Hambury Tout is a western round barrow situated on Hambury Tout in Dorset, England. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and forms part of a barrow cemetery comprising at least two surviving mounds on this location. Bell barrows are distinguished by their characteristic form, featuring a central mound surrounded by a ditch and outer bank, a morphology that appears to indicate high-status burials within the Bronze Age funerary tradition. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1011483.

Bell barrow on Hambury Tout: the western of two round barrows on Hambury Tout is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011483. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bell barrow on Hambury Tout: the western of two round barrows on Hambury Tout?

Bell barrow on Hambury Tout is a western round barrow situated on Hambury Tout in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011483.

Who is responsible for protecting Bell barrow on Hambury Tout: the western of two round barrows on Hambury Tout?

Bell barrow on Hambury Tout: the western of two round barrows on Hambury Tout 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 1011483.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bell barrow on Hambury Tout: the western of two round barrows on Hambury Tout?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Hambury Tout: the eastern of two round barrows on Hambury Tout (0.1 km), Bowl barrow north of Red Hole, 630m SSE of Newlands Farm (0.4 km), Bindon Hill camp (1.6 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow on Hambury Tout: the eastern of two round barrows on Hambury Tout
0.1 km
Bowl barrow north of Red Hole, 630m SSE of Newlands Farm
0.4 km
Bindon Hill camp
1.6 km
Bowl barrow 900m south east of Chideock Farm
1.7 km
The Warren field system
2.1 km
Bowl barrow 660m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery
3.3 km
Bowl barrow 650m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery
3.4 km
Two bowl barrows 560m south east of Hill Barn
3.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bell barrow on Hambury Tout: the western of two round barrows on Hambury Tout

Bell barrow on Hambury Tout: the western of two round barrows on Hambury Tout stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bell barrow on Hambury Tout: the western of two round barrows on Hambury Tout

DorchesterRoman town · ~10 milesMaiden CastleArchaeological site · ~10.4 milesSiege of Maiden CastleBattle (43) · ~10.4 miles
Domesday entry for Lulworth, Dorset →
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