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Round barrow on Ellston Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. The barrow forms part of the significant concentration of prehistoric funerary monuments found across the Dorset landscape, dating to the second millennium BC. As a scheduled monument, it represents an important archaeological record of Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in the region. The site contributes to understanding the distribution and development of barrow construction during this period of English prehistory.
Round barrow on Ellston Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002461. View the official record →
Round barrow on Ellston Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002461.
Round barrow on Ellston 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 1002461.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow SW of Pigeon House Cottages (8.9 km), Earthwork N of Hampton Plantations (9.2 km), Pigeon House long barrow (9.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow on Ellston 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 Ellston Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.