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Round barrow SW of Bourne Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset. The barrow forms part of the broader landscape of prehistoric funerary monuments characteristic of the Dorset heathlands, where such earthworks served as communal or elite burial places during the Bronze Age period. The monument survives as an earthwork and represents the type of round barrow construction common to southern England in the second millennium BC. Its preservation within the landscape contributes to the archaeological record of Bronze Age settlement and mortuary practice in the region.
Round barrow SW of Bourne Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004550. View the official record →
Round barrow SW of Bourne Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004550.
Round barrow SW of Bourne Farm 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 1004550.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill 500m north of Whitcombe Farm (8.6 km), Medieval settlement remains at Whitcombe (9 km), Huck Barrow in Knighton Heath Wood (9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow SW of Bourne Farm'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 SW of Bourne Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.