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Scrubbity Barrows: a round barrow cemetery in Scrubbity Coppice

England
List entry 1020488
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020488
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.5 hectares
Grid reference
ST 97208 17887
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

I have insufficient established information in the scholarly record to provide an accurate description of Scrubbity Barrows with the specificity your request requires. Rather than invent details about this particular site, I must acknowledge that while the NHLE reference confirms its status as a designated heritage monument in Dorset, I cannot reliably describe its physical character, precise dating, or historical significance without risk of misrepresentation. I recommend consulting the National Heritage List for England entry directly, or local Dorset archaeological records, which would provide authoritative information about this barrow cemetery.

Scrubbity Barrows: a round barrow cemetery in Scrubbity Coppice is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020488. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Scrubbity Barrows: a round barrow cemetery in Scrubbity Coppice?

I have insufficient established information in the scholarly record to provide an accurate description of Scrubbity Barrows with the specificity your request requires. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020488.

Who is responsible for protecting Scrubbity Barrows: a round barrow cemetery in Scrubbity Coppice?

Scrubbity Barrows: a round barrow cemetery in Scrubbity Coppice 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 1020488.

What other scheduled monuments are near Scrubbity Barrows: a round barrow cemetery in Scrubbity Coppice?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow cemetery in Hyde Hill Plantation (7.8 km), Round barrow cemetery 400m and 500m south east of Hyde Hill Plantation (7.9 km), Lengths of Roman road in Norwood Coppice and in The Rookery (8.6 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrow cemetery in Hyde Hill Plantation
7.8 km
Round barrow cemetery 400m and 500m south east of Hyde Hill Plantation
7.9 km
Lengths of Roman road in Norwood Coppice and in The Rookery
8.6 km
Medieval settlement 750m north west of Knowlton
8.8 km
Bowl barrow 200m south east of Pimperne Long Barrow
9.3 km
Group of henge monuments, an associated group of round barrows, a Saxon cemetery, and a Norman church at Knowlton
9.4 km
Round barrow cemetery south of New Barn Farm, associated with the Knowlton Circles
9.6 km
Romano-British settlement and two bowl barrows on Blandford Race Down 450m south east of Telegraph Clump
9.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Scrubbity Barrows: a round barrow cemetery in Scrubbity Coppice

Scrubbity Barrows: a round barrow cemetery in Scrubbity Coppice stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Scrubbity Barrows: a round barrow cemetery in Scrubbity Coppice

Old SarumArchaeological site · ~13.8 milesStonehengeArchaeological site · ~17.7 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~21.6 milesDorchesterRoman town · ~24.2 miles
Domesday entry for Handley, Dorset →
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