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The Group of five round barrows on White Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. The barrows, which date to the second millennium BCE, represent a typical form of burial practice during the Bronze Age when such earthen mounds were constructed over inhumed or cremated remains. The site exemplifies the pattern of barrow cemetery development common across the Dorset landscape, where multiple burial mounds were often grouped together on elevated ground. The physical remains consist of five distinct mounded structures whose preservation allows for study of Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in the region.
Group of five round barrows on White Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003213. View the official record →
The Group of five round barrows on White Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003213.
Group of five round barrows on White 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 1003213.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dyke on Wears Hill (0.6 km), Four bowl barrows 725m ESE of Wears Farm (0.6 km), St Peter's Abbey (1.3 km).
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