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Round barrow on Shorn Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. The barrow forms part of the substantial Bronze Age funerary landscape of the region, a period when such earthworks served as prominent monuments to the deceased within their communities. The monument survives as a rounded earthwork, characteristic of the burial mounds constructed during the second and first millennia before the Common Era across southern England. Its presence contributes to understanding the settlement patterns and ritual practices of Bronze Age communities in Dorset.
Round barrow on Shorn Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002489. View the official record →
Round barrow on Shorn Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002489.
Round barrow on Shorn 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 1002489.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lime kiln 800ft (245m) NW of Langton Cross (5 km), Langton Cross: a wayside cross 850m south west of Tatton House (5 km), Two fishponds in Oddens Wood (5.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow on Shorn 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 Shorn Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.