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Long mound and three bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery 760m NNE of Whatcombe House on the south western part of Black Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex in Dorset. The site comprises a single long mound, characteristic of Neolithic burial practice, alongside three bowl barrows of the Early Bronze Age, representing a palimpsest of ritual and mortuary activity across several centuries. The barrow cemetery reflects the continuation and evolution of monumental burial traditions in the Dorset downlands during the later third and second millennia before the present era. Such mixed barrow cemeteries, combining earlier long mounds with later round barrows, are typical of Bronze Age sacred landscapes where successive generations reused or clustered their burial monuments in established ritual centres.
Long mound and three bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery 760m NNE of Whatcombe House on the south western part of Black Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013846. View the official record →
Long mound and three bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery 760m NNE of Whatcombe House on the south western part of Black Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013846.
Long mound and three bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery 760m NNE of Whatcombe House on the south western part of Black 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 1013846.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Four bowl barrows 725m ESE of Wears Farm (4.3 km), Two round barrows on Wears Hill (4.6 km), St Peter's Abbey (5.4 km).
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