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Round barrow cemetery south and west of Rose Lawn Coppice, 600m south west of Higher Merley Farm, is a Bronze Age burial site in Dorset comprising multiple burial mounds. The cemetery represents a significant funerary landscape from the second and early first millennia BC, reflecting the ritual and social practices of Bronze Age communities in the region. The individual barrows within the cemetery exhibit the characteristic earthwork construction typical of Bronze Age funerary monuments, with varying degrees of preservation. The site's designation as a heritage monument reflects its archaeological importance for understanding Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in Dorset.
Round barrow cemetery south and west of Rose Lawn Coppice, 600m south west of Higher Merley Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018196. View the official record →
Round barrow cemetery south and west of Rose Lawn Coppice, 600m south west of Higher Merley Farm, is a Bronze Age burial site in Dorset comprising multiple burial mounds. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018196.
Round barrow cemetery south and west of Rose Lawn Coppice, 600m south west of Higher Merley 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 1018196.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Dunyeat's Hill 650m south west of Arrowsmith House (1 km), Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 730m south east of Alhambra (2 km), Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 650m south of southern corner of New Covert (2.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow cemetery south and west of Rose Lawn Coppice, 600m south west of Higher Merley Farm'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 south and west of Rose Lawn Coppice, 600m south west of Higher Merley Farm stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.