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Round barrow cemetery on Povington Heath 550m north-east of Whiteway Farm is a Bronze Age burial site comprising multiple burial mounds located in Dorset. The cemetery consists of round barrows of the type characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practice in southern England, dating to the second millennium BCE. The site represents an important concentration of burial monuments reflecting the ritual and settlement patterns of Bronze Age communities in the Dorset landscape. The barrows are positioned on Povington Heath, an area which has yielded other prehistoric archaeological evidence and which forms part of the broader pattern of Bronze Age activity in this region.
Round barrow cemetery on Povington Heath 550m north-east of Whiteway Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008026. View the official record →
Round barrow cemetery on Povington Heath 550m north-east of Whiteway Farm is a Bronze Age burial site comprising multiple burial mounds located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008026.
Round barrow cemetery on Povington Heath 550m north-east of Whiteway 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 1008026.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow on Boat Knoll (1.2 km), Round barrow cemetery south-east of East Lulworth 550m north-east of Monastery Farm (1.4 km), Flower's Barrow: a small multivallate hillfort and associated outwork on Rings Hill (1.8 km).
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