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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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Oval barrow at the western end of Stonehill Down, 800m south west of East Creech Farm'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.
Oval barrow at the western end of Stonehill Down, 800m south west of East Creech Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.