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Flower's Barrow: a small multivallate hillfort and associated outwork on Rings Hill

England
List entry 1008141
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008141
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
8.57 hectares
Grid reference
SY 86455 80595
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Flower's Barrow is a small multivallate hillfort situated on Rings Hill in Dorset, England. The site comprises an enclosure defended by multiple concentric ramparts and associated outwork, typical of Iron Age defensive architecture in southern Britain. The monument dates to the Iron Age period, representing a phase of fortified settlement characteristic of the pre-Roman British landscape. Its compact design and outwork suggest a function related to stock management or territorial control during this prehistoric era.

Flower's Barrow: a small multivallate hillfort and associated outwork on Rings Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008141. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Flower's Barrow: a small multivallate hillfort and associated outwork on Rings Hill?

Flower's Barrow is a small multivallate hillfort situated on Rings Hill in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008141.

Who is responsible for protecting Flower's Barrow: a small multivallate hillfort and associated outwork on Rings Hill?

Flower's Barrow: a small multivallate hillfort and associated outwork on Rings 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 1008141.

What other scheduled monuments are near Flower's Barrow: a small multivallate hillfort and associated outwork on Rings Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow on Boat Knoll (0.7 km), Two barrows in Halcombe Vale, 700m south west of Monastery Farm (0.7 km), Round barrow cemetery south-east of East Lulworth 550m north-east of Monastery Farm (0.8 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
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
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrow on Boat Knoll
0.7 km
Two barrows in Halcombe Vale, 700m south west of Monastery Farm
0.7 km
Round barrow cemetery south-east of East Lulworth 550m north-east of Monastery Farm
0.8 km
Bindon Hill camp
3.2 km
Bowl barrow on Hambury Tout: the eastern of two round barrows on Hambury Tout
4.8 km
Bell barrow on Hambury Tout: the western of two round barrows on Hambury Tout
4.8 km
Alum works, other multi-period industrial remains and an associated group of jetties and breakwaters, Kimmeridge Bay
4.8 km
Bowl barrow north of Red Hole, 630m SSE of Newlands Farm
5.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Flower's Barrow: a small multivallate hillfort and associated outwork on Rings Hill

Flower's Barrow: a small multivallate hillfort and associated outwork on Rings Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Flower's Barrow: a small multivallate hillfort and associated outwork on Rings Hill

DorchesterRoman town · ~12.3 milesMaiden CastleArchaeological site · ~13 milesSiege of Maiden CastleBattle (43) · ~13 miles
Domesday entry for Tyneham, Dorset →
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