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Mag's Barrow is a Neolithic long barrow located near Winterborne Stickland in Dorset, England. The monument consists of an earthen mound with a distinctive elongated form characteristic of long barrows from the fourth and third millennia BC, built as communal burial structures by early farming communities. The barrow survives as a substantial earthwork, though like many monuments of its age it has been subject to erosion and agricultural use over subsequent centuries. It forms part of the significant concentration of Neolithic burial monuments found in the Dorset landscape, contributing important evidence to understanding the funerary practices and settlement patterns of the region's earliest farming populations.
Mag's Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015794. View the official record →
Mag's Barrow is a Neolithic long barrow located near Winterborne Stickland in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015794.
Mag's Barrow 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 1015794.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Knighton Heath Golf Course 320m south of Eastlands Farm (4.7 km), Bowl barrow in Ramsdown Plantation, 120m north west of Brickfield Cottage (5.1 km), Round barrow cemetery and earthwork enclosures in Quomp Copse 540m east of Park Cottages (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Mag's Barrow'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.
Mag's Barrow stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.