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Round barrows W of Blagdon Barn is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. The site comprises a group of round barrows, characteristic funerary structures of the Bronze Age period, which typically date from around 2000 to 1000 BCE. These earthen mounds would have served as communal or individual burial sites for members of Bronze Age communities, reflecting the ritual and social practices of the period. The monument is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1003307, indicating its recognition as a site of archaeological importance to England's prehistoric heritage.
Round barrows W of Blagdon Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003307. View the official record →
Round barrows W of Blagdon Barn is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003307.
Round barrows W of Blagdon Barn 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 1003307.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows 720m south east of Friar Waddon House (3.6 km), Cross-ridge dyke on Windsbatch (4.6 km), Two bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy (5.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrows W of Blagdon Barn'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 W of Blagdon Barn stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.