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Long barrows and a group of round barrows on Bokerly Down is a Neolithic and Bronze Age burial monument complex located in Dorset. The long barrow belongs to the Neolithic period and represents one of the characteristic communal burial structures of early farming communities in southern Britain, typically constructed between 4000 and 3000 BC. The associated round barrows date to the Bronze Age and mark a shift towards individual or family burials, reflecting changes in burial practice and social organization during the second millennium BC. Together, the monuments demonstrate the continuity of the Bokerly Down site as a focus for ritual and burial activity across more than a thousand years of prehistory.
Long barrows and group of round barrows on Bokerly Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002722. View the official record →
Long barrows and a group of round barrows on Bokerly Down is a Neolithic and Bronze Age burial monument complex located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002722.
Long barrows and group of round barrows on Bokerly 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 1002722.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow cemetery and two associated enclosures, 550m west of Wimborne Lodge, associated with the Knowlton Circles (8.1 km), Boundary banks on Rye Hill and in Maldry Wood (8.2 km), Medieval settlement 750m north west of Knowlton (8.6 km).
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