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Round barrow SW of Pigeon House Cottages is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound and forms part of the considerable concentration of burial monuments characteristic of Bronze Age settlement patterns in the county. Such round barrows typically date from the second millennium BC and served as communal or individual burial places for the Bronze Age population. The monument's preservation as an upstanding earthwork contributes to understanding the funerary and settlement archaeology of the broader landscape in which it sits.
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 funerary monument located in Dorset. 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).
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