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Round barrow cemetery on Bloxworth Down

England
List entry 1017624
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017624
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.1 hectares
Grid reference
SY 87666 96240
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round barrow cemetery on Bloxworth Down is a group of Bronze Age burial mounds located in Dorset. The cemetery comprises multiple round barrows of varying sizes distributed across the downland landscape, representing a significant concentration of funerary monuments from the Bronze Age period. These earthworks reflect the ritual burial practices and social organisation of Bronze Age communities in southern England, with the cemetery likely developing over several generations as a focal point for elite or community burials. The site's preservation as an upland monument group contributes to understanding prehistoric settlement patterns and land use in the Dorset chalklands.

Round barrow cemetery on Bloxworth Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017624. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round barrow cemetery on Bloxworth Down?

Round barrow cemetery on Bloxworth Down is a group of Bronze Age burial mounds located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017624.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow cemetery on Bloxworth Down?

Round barrow cemetery on Bloxworth Down 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 1017624.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow cemetery on Bloxworth Down?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 60m north east of Hethfelton Farm (9 km), Two bowl barrows on South Heath, 290m and 370m east of Binnegar Hall (9.1 km), Bowl barrow on Worgret Heath, 320m north west of High Tor (9.2 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 60m north east of Hethfelton Farm
9 km
Two bowl barrows on South Heath, 290m and 370m east of Binnegar Hall
9.1 km
Bowl barrow on Worgret Heath, 320m north west of High Tor
9.2 km
Bell barrow and two bowl barrows 170m north east of Holmebridge Post Office
9.3 km
Bell barrow and seven bowl barrows, forming a dispersed round barrow cemetery on Worgret Heath, 645m north west of Worgret Manor Farm
9.3 km
Group of linear earthworks on Worgret Heath
9.4 km
Linear earthwork on Wareham Common, 350m north west and 420m north east of Little Farm
9.5 km
Site of St Mary's Church and associated cemetery, 300m north west of Manor Farm
9.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow cemetery on Bloxworth Down

Round barrow cemetery on Bloxworth Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Round barrow cemetery on Bloxworth Down

DorchesterRoman town · ~11.9 milesMaiden CastleArchaeological site · ~13.8 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~23.6 milesSiege of Maiden CastleBattle (43) · ~13.7 miles
Domesday entry for Bloxworth, Dorset →
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