© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic England (NHLE)
Oval barrow at the western end of Stonehill Down is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in the parish of Creech, Dorset. The monument comprises an oval earthwork typical of barrow construction during the second millennium BC, when such mounds served as communal or elite burial structures. Its location on Stonehill Down places it within a wider landscape of prehistoric activity in central Dorset, an area rich in Neolithic and Bronze Age archaeology. The barrow survives as an upstanding earthwork, preserving evidence of funerary practices and settlement patterns from the prehistoric period.
Oval barrow at the western end of Stonehill Down, 800m south west of East Creech Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014136. View the official record →
Oval barrow at the western end of Stonehill Down is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in the parish of Creech, Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014136.
Oval barrow at the western end of Stonehill Down, 800m south west of East Creech Farm 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 1014136.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Alum works, other multi-period industrial remains and an associated group of jetties and breakwaters, Kimmeridge Bay (3.6 km), Bowl barrow on Swyre Head (3.8 km), Kingston Down Romano-British farm (5.3 km).
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any address in the UK — drawing on scheduled monument data, Domesday records, Roman heritage, PAS finds and medieval history to reveal the complete story of a landscape.
Research the area around Oval barrow at the western end of Stonehill Down, 800m south west of East Creech Farm