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Round barrow cemetery on Barrow Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located approximately 150 metres south-west of Brookvale Farm in Dorset. The site comprises multiple round barrows, earthen mounds raised over cremated or inhumed burials, typical of funerary practice during the Bronze Age period, broadly dated between 2200 and 700 BC. The barrows on this hilltop location represent a concentrated cemetery use over an extended period, reflecting the continued importance of this elevated site for burial ritual across successive generations of Bronze Age communities. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork landscape feature, preserving archaeological evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and burial customs in the Dorset landscape.
Round barrow cemetery on Barrow Hill 150m south west of Brookvale Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018029. View the official record →
Round barrow cemetery on Barrow Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located approximately 150 metres south-west of Brookvale Farm in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018029.
Round barrow cemetery on Barrow Hill 150m south west of Brookvale 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 1018029.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 350m north of Naked Cross (2.4 km), Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 730m south east of Alhambra (3.2 km), Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 650m south of southern corner of New Covert (4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow cemetery on Barrow Hill 150m south west of Brookvale Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Round barrow cemetery on Barrow Hill 150m south west of Brookvale Farm stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.