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The Group of round barrows on Ridgeway is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. The site comprises multiple earthen mounds constructed during the second millennium BCE, representing a significant concentration of burial activity typical of the period's ritual landscape. These barrows reflect the social structures and burial practices of Bronze Age communities, with their positioning along the Ridgeway demonstrating the importance of this routeway in prehistoric settlement patterns. The monument survives as earthwork remains that contribute to understanding regional Bronze Age ceremonial and funerary traditions.
Group of round barrows on Ridgeway is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002760. View the official record →
The Group of round barrows on Ridgeway is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002760.
Group of round barrows on Ridgeway 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 1002760.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including 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 (4.6 km), Humpty Dumpty Field, Radipole (5.2 km), Langton Cross: a wayside cross 850m south west of Tatton House (5.4 km).
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