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Herringston round barrows

England
List entry 1002831
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002831
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.08 hectares
Grid reference
SY 68544 88436, SY 68493 88423
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Herringston round barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. The site consists of a group of round barrows dating to the second millennium BCE, representing a significant example of prehistoric burial practice in the region. These earthworks would have served as burial mounds for individuals of elevated status within their contemporary communities, constructed during a period when such monumental forms dominated the funerary landscape of southern Britain. The barrows remain visible as earthwork features within the Dorset landscape, contributing to our understanding of Bronze Age settlement patterns and ritual practices in the county.

Herringston round barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002831. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Herringston round barrows?

Herringston round barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002831.

Who is responsible for protecting Herringston round barrows?

Herringston round barrows 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 1002831.

What other scheduled monuments are near Herringston round barrows?

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 (4.7 km), Preston Roman villa (6 km), Romano-Celtic temple and associated remains at Jordan Hill (6.5 km).

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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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 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
4.7 km
Preston Roman villa
6 km
Romano-Celtic temple and associated remains at Jordan Hill
6.5 km
Humpty Dumpty Field, Radipole
7.2 km
Sandy Barrow W of East Farm Dairy
7.4 km
Kerbed cairn 590m south east of Poxwell Manor
7.7 km
Langton Cross: a wayside cross 850m south west of Tatton House
8.6 km
Lime kiln 800ft (245m) NW of Langton Cross
8.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Herringston round barrows

Herringston round barrows stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Herringston round barrows

Maiden CastleArchaeological site · ~1 milesDorchesterRoman town · ~1.4 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~23.1 milesIlchesterRoman town · ~23.6 milesSiege of Maiden CastleBattle (43) · ~1 miles
Domesday entry for Winterborne, Dorset →
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