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A group of round barrows NE of Hog Leaze is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset. The site comprises multiple earthen mounds characteristic of funerary practice during the second millennium BC, when such barrow cemeteries were established across southern England to mark the graves of prominent individuals and their communities. The barrows survive as visible landscape features, though their condition reflects the effects of millennia of agricultural use and natural erosion. Such grouped burial sites are significant for understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns, social organisation, and ritual practices in the region.
Group of round barrows NE of Hog Leaze is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002877. View the official record →
A group of round barrows NE of Hog Leaze is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002877.
Group of round barrows NE of Hog Leaze 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 1002877.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 450m north west of Duck Dairy House (7.8 km), Bowl barrow on Puddletown Heath, 400m north east of Duck Dairy House (7.9 km), Round barrow N of Boswell's Plantation (8.1 km).
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