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Round barrow N of Ridgeway is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. The barrow forms part of a linear cemetery group situated along the Ridgeway, a prehistoric routeway that traverses the chalk downlands of the region. As a round barrow of Bronze Age date, it represents a burial practice characteristic of the second millennium BC, when communal and individual interment beneath earthen mounds became a standard mortuary custom across southern Britain. The monument survives as an earthwork and contributes to the archaeological landscape that evidences the sustained use and ritual significance of this downland zone during prehistory.
Round barrow N of Ridgeway is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002759. View the official record →
Round barrow N of Ridgeway is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002759.
Round barrow N of Ridgeway 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 1002759.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Langton Cross: a wayside cross 850m south west of Tatton House (5.1 km), Lime kiln 800ft (245m) NW of Langton Cross (5.1 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 (5.2 km).
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