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Sandy Barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. The barrow survives as an earthwork of modest proportions, representing the funerary practices of prehistoric communities in the region. Such monuments are characteristic of the period between approximately 4000 and 1200 BC, when burial mounds served as focal points for ritual and commemoration of the dead. The site contributes to the wider archaeological landscape of Dorset, which contains numerous comparable burial monuments from the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods.
Sandy Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017280. View the official record →
Sandy Barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017280.
Sandy Barrow 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 1017280.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval settlement at West Ringstead (7.7 km), Icehouse at Ringstead, 660m south west of Pit House (7.7 km), Upton Fort, a coastal artillery battery and two searchlight emplacements (7.8 km).
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