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Round Barrow on Black Hill is a scheduled monument in Dorset, England, protected by Historic England under reference 1002847. The barrow occupies a scheduled area of 0.06 hectares at grid reference ST 67378 00187, positioned on high ground where white chalk of the Maastrichtian period forms the underlying bedrock. This geological setting is typical of the chalk downlands that characterise much of central Dorset and provided the material from which the barrow's earthwork was constructed.
The monument represents a burial mound of the Bronze Age or later prehistoric period, when such barrows served as communal or individual graves and were often placed on prominent locations across the chalk landscape. The choice of Black Hill as the barrow's location would have made the monument visually prominent, serving as a distinctive marker within the Bronze Age settlement pattern of the Dorset chalklands.
The scheduled status of the round barrow reflects its archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric burial practice and settlement organisation. The site's survival on the chalk uplands, where modern agricultural use has been less intensive than in lower-lying areas, makes it an important record of the region's early human occupation and funerary traditions.
Round barrow on Black Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002847. View the official record →
Round Barrow on Black Hill is a scheduled monument in Dorset, England, protected by Historic England under reference 1002847.
Round barrow on Black Hill 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 1002847.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Colliton Park Roman house (9.4 km), Barrow S of Three-Cornered Plantation (9.6 km), Part of Roman, Saxon, and medieval town in grounds of Wollaston House (9.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow on Black Hill'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 on Black Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.