Scheduled MonumentsEnglandGroup of round barrows on North Bincombe Hill, S of Came Wood

Group of round barrows on North Bincombe Hill, S of Came Wood

England
List entry 1003305
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003305
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.38 hectares
Grid reference
SY 68878 85255, SY 68737 84959, SY 68728 85017, SY 68958 85140, SY 68917 85308, SY 68998 85334, SY 68924 85462, SY 69105 85350, SY 69194 85386, SY 69201 85259, SY 69256 85270
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Overview

History & significance

Group of round barrows on North Bincombe Hill, south of Came Wood, is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located in Dorset. The site comprises multiple burial mounds arranged across the hillside, representing a typical pattern of Bronze Age barrow cemeteries common to Wessex during the second millennium BC. These earthworks survive as substantial landscape features, preserving evidence of prehistoric burial practices and territorial organization. The monument's position on elevated ground reflects the deliberate siting of such burial grounds at prominent locations within the contemporary landscape.

Group of round barrows on North Bincombe Hill, S of Came Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003305. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Group of round barrows on North Bincombe Hill, S of Came Wood?

Group of round barrows on North Bincombe Hill, south of Came Wood, is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003305.

Who is responsible for protecting Group of round barrows on North Bincombe Hill, S of Came Wood?

Group of round barrows on North Bincombe Hill, S of Came Wood 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 1003305.

What other scheduled monuments are near Group of round barrows on North Bincombe Hill, S of Came Wood?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Preston Roman villa (2.9 km), Romano-Celtic temple and associated remains at Jordan Hill (3.4 km), Humpty Dumpty Field, Radipole (4.7 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
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Group of round barrows on North Bincombe Hill, S of Came Wood

Group of round barrows on North Bincombe Hill, S of Came Wood 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 North Bincombe Hill, S of Came Wood

Maiden CastleArchaeological site · ~2.4 milesDorchesterRoman town · ~3.3 milesSiege of Maiden CastleBattle (43) · ~2.4 miles