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Group of round barrows on and to E of Great Hill

England
List entry 1004564
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004564
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.69 hectares
Grid reference
SY 64009 86784, SY 64084 87205, SY 63903 87029, SY 63807 86859, SY 63848 86848, SY 63943 86804, SY 64244 86741, SY 64379 86740, SY 64282 86740
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Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The Group of round barrows on and to the east of Great Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located in Dorset. The site comprises multiple burial mounds characteristic of the second millennium BCE, reflecting the ritual and social practices of Bronze Age communities in southern England. Round barrows of this type served as burial monuments for members of Bronze Age society and their clustered distribution across the landscape often indicates areas of concentrated settlement or territorial significance. The survival of this barrow group contributes to understanding Bronze Age burial practices and land use patterns in Dorset.

Group of round barrows on and to E of Great Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004564. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Group of round barrows on and to E of Great Hill?

The Group of round barrows on and to the east of Great Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004564.

Who is responsible for protecting Group of round barrows on and to E of Great Hill?

Group of round barrows on and to E of Great 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 1004564.

What other scheduled monuments are near Group of round barrows on and to E of Great Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Langton Cross: a wayside cross 850m south west of Tatton House (5 km), Lime kiln 800ft (245m) NW of Langton Cross (5.1 km), Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill (5.5 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
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Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Langton Cross: a wayside cross 850m south west of Tatton House
5 km
Lime kiln 800ft (245m) NW of Langton Cross
5.1 km
Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill
5.5 km
Humpty Dumpty Field, Radipole
6.3 km
Multi-period archaeological landscape centred on and including a slight univallate hillfort called Chalbury, two bowl barrows, part of a Bronze Age urnfield and a series of medieval strip fields
6.4 km
Two fishponds in Oddens Wood
6.5 km
St Peter's Abbey
6.7 km
Group of barrows on West Hill
6.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Group of round barrows on and to E of Great Hill

Group of round barrows on and to E of Great Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Group of round barrows on and to E of Great Hill

Maiden CastleArchaeological site · ~1.9 milesDorchesterRoman town · ~3.9 milesIlchesterRoman town · ~23.2 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~23.6 milesSiege of Maiden CastleBattle (43) · ~1.9 miles
Domesday entry for Martinstown, Dorset →
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