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Disc barrow 500m south east of Winterbourne Poor Lot is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Dorset. The site consists of a low mound surrounded by a ditch, characteristic of the disc barrow type which typically dates to the Early Bronze Age period. Such monuments commonly contained cremation burials beneath or within the mound, reflecting the funerary practices of Bronze Age communities in southern Britain. The barrow survives as an archaeological feature of note within the Dorset landscape, contributing to the significant concentration of Bronze Age burial monuments in this region.
Disc barrow 500m south east of Winterbourne Poor Lot is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013848. View the official record →
Disc barrow 500m south east of Winterbourne Poor Lot is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013848.
Disc barrow 500m south east of Winterbourne Poor Lot 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 1013848.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow E of The Buildings (4.9 km), Two round barrows on Wears Hill (5.2 km), St Peter's Abbey (5.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Disc barrow 500m south east of Winterbourne Poor Lot's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Disc barrow 500m south east of Winterbourne Poor Lot stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.