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Round barrow SW of Pigeon House Cottages is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. The barrow survives as an earthwork monument typical of the funerary practices of the Bronze Age period, when such mounds were constructed to cover inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods. The monument's survival and official designation reflect its importance to understanding Bronze Age settlement and burial practices in the Dorset landscape. Its presence forms part of the broader distribution of round barrows across southern England, monuments which represent a significant phase in the archaeological record spanning roughly 2200 to 800 BCE.
Round barrow SW of Pigeon House Cottages is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002468. View the official record →
Round barrow SW of Pigeon House Cottages is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002468.
Round barrow SW of Pigeon House Cottages 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 1002468.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Friar Waddon Hill round barrows (7.5 km), Two bowl barrows 720m south east of Friar Waddon House (7.7 km), Cross-ridge dyke on Windsbatch (8.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow SW of Pigeon House Cottages'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 Pigeon House Cottages stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.