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Round barrow on Ridgeway Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. The barrow represents a typical example of the funerary architecture constructed during the Bronze Age, when such earthen mounds were raised over the cremated or inhumed remains of individuals of sufficient status to warrant monumental commemoration. The monument survives as an earthwork on the landscape, preserving archaeological evidence of prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in the region. Its designation within the national heritage list reflects its significance as a record of Bronze Age society and funerary tradition in southern England.
Round barrow on Ridgeway Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003218. View the official record →
Round barrow on Ridgeway Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003218.
Round barrow on Ridgeway 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 1003218.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including 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 (3.2 km), Humpty Dumpty Field, Radipole (4.5 km), Preston Roman villa (4.6 km).
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