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Round barrows on Ridgeway is a Neolithic and Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. The site comprises a group of round barrows positioned along the Ridgeway, representing typical funerary practices of prehistoric communities in southern England during the third and second millennia BC. These earthwork mounds originally contained inhumation burials, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the social status and material culture of their time. The barrows constitute an important archaeological landscape that demonstrates the ritual and settlement patterns of prehistoric Dorset communities.
Round barrows on Ridgeway is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002762. View the official record →
Round barrows on Ridgeway is a Neolithic and Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002762.
Round barrows on Ridgeway 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 1002762.
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 (3.7 km), Humpty Dumpty Field, Radipole (5 km), George III, chalk-cut hill side figure (5 km).
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