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Telegraph Clump is a Neolithic long barrow and Bronze Age round barrow cemetery located on Blandford Race Down in Dorset. The long barrow represents funerary practice from the Neolithic period, whilst the associated round barrows date to the Bronze Age and indicate sustained use of the site for burial across a considerable span of prehistory. The monument complex demonstrates the importance of Blandford Race Down as a burial landscape and reflects changing mortuary customs over several millennia. The site remains significant for understanding prehistoric settlement patterns and ritual practices in Dorset.
Long barrow and a round barrow cemetery at Telegraph Clump on Blandford Race Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020955. View the official record →
Telegraph Clump is a Neolithic long barrow and Bronze Age round barrow cemetery located on Blandford Race Down in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020955.
Long barrow and a round barrow cemetery at Telegraph Clump on Blandford Race Down 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 1020955.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Slight univallate hillfort called Crawford Castle (7.5 km), Bowl barrow 550m north east of Field Dairy Farm (7.9 km), Bowl barrow 500m south west of Gorcombe Farm (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Long barrow and a round barrow cemetery at Telegraph Clump on Blandford Race Down'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.
Long barrow and a round barrow cemetery at Telegraph Clump on Blandford Race Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.