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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 →
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.
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.
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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Group of round barrows on North Bincombe Hill, S of Came Wood's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
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.