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The Round barrow cemetery immediately south east of Maiden Castle is a Neolithic and Bronze Age burial ground located on the chalk downs near one of England's most significant Iron Age hillforts. The cemetery comprises a group of burial mounds, typical of funerary monuments constructed across southern England during the third and second millennia before the Common Era. These barrows represent an important archaeological resource for understanding prehistoric settlement patterns and ritual practices in Dorset, situated in close proximity to the later Iron Age fortress of Maiden Castle itself. The relationship between these earlier burial monuments and the subsequent occupation of the hillfort demonstrates the long continuity of human activity at this strategically significant location.
Round barrow cemetery immediately south east of Maiden Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015778. View the official record →
The Round barrow cemetery immediately south east of Maiden Castle is a Neolithic and Bronze Age burial ground located on the chalk downs near one of England's most significant Iron Age hillforts. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015778.
Round barrow cemetery immediately south east of Maiden Castle 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 1015778.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Multi-period archaeological landscape centred on and including a slight univallate hillfort called Chalbury, two bowl barrows, part of a Bronze Age urnfield and a series of medieval strip fields (4.8 km), Group of barrows E of Northdown Barn (5.2 km), Barrow 200yds (180m) N of the White Horse (5.4 km).
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