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Round barrows on Ridgeway is a Neolithic and Bronze Age cemetery comprising multiple burial mounds situated in Dorset. The barrows represent the funerary practices of prehistoric communities spanning several centuries, with construction and use concentrated in the Bronze Age period. These earthworks, preserved as distinct topographical features across the landscape, provide evidence of ritual burial practices and social organisation within early Bronze Age society. The site's designation reflects its archaeological importance as a group monument that contributes to understanding settlement patterns and ceremonial practices in prehistoric Dorset.
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 cemetery comprising multiple burial mounds situated in Dorset. 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrows on Ridgeway'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 barrows on Ridgeway stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.