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Group of round barrows on Shorn Hill and Bronkham Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located in Dorset. The site comprises multiple round barrows distributed across two adjacent hilltops, representing a significant concentration of burial mounds typical of the second millennium before Christ. These earthworks reflect the ritual and territorial practices of Bronze Age communities in southern England, serving as repositories for the cremated or inhumed remains of individuals of social standing. The barrows remain visible as low to moderate earthen mounds on the landscape, preserving evidence of prehistoric burial practice and settlement patterns across the Dorset uplands.
Group of round barrows on Shorn Hill and Bronkham Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002699. View the official record →
Group of round barrows on Shorn Hill and Bronkham Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002699.
Group of round barrows on Shorn Hill and Bronkham 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 1002699.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cross-ridge dyke on Windsbatch (4 km), Two bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy (4.5 km), Lime kiln 800ft (245m) NW of Langton Cross (4.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Group of round barrows on Shorn Hill and Bronkham Hill'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 Shorn Hill and Bronkham Hill stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.