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Round barrow N of Ashton Cottages is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. The barrow forms part of a group of round barrows in the locality, representing funerary monuments typical of the Bronze Age period, approximately 2200 to 700 BC. As a scheduled monument, it retains archaeological significance for understanding Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in the region.
Round barrow N of Ashton Cottages is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004546. View the official record →
Round barrow N of Ashton Cottages is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004546.
Round barrow N of Ashton Cottages 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 1004546.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill (4.5 km), Multi-period archaeological landscape centred on and including a slight univallate hillfort called Chalbury, two bowl barrows, part of a Bronze Age urnfield and a series of medieval strip fields (5.5 km), Group of barrows E of Northdown Barn (6.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow N of Ashton Cottages'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 N of Ashton Cottages stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.