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The Round barrow cemetery on Deverel Down 380m west of Longthorns is a Bronze Age funerary landscape located in Dorset, England. The site comprises multiple burial mounds representative of the barrow cemeteries characteristic of Wessex during the Bronze Age, when such monuments served as enduring markers of elite and community burial practices. The cemetery's location on Deverel Down reflects the typical placement of Bronze Age barrows on elevated terrain across the Dorset landscape, where they remain visible archaeological features. These monuments form part of the wider archaeological record documenting Bronze Age settlement and mortuary practices in the region.
Round barrow cemetery on Deverel Down 380m west of Longthorns is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017275. View the official record →
The Round barrow cemetery on Deverel Down 380m west of Longthorns is a Bronze Age funerary landscape located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017275.
Round barrow cemetery on Deverel Down 380m west of Longthorns 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 1017275.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 650m south east of Wood Barn (7.4 km), Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 640m south of Wood Barn (7.5 km), Bowl barrow 570m south east of Heatherdown (7.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow cemetery on Deverel Down 380m west of Longthorns'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.
Round barrow cemetery on Deverel Down 380m west of Longthorns stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.