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Six barrows on Ridgeway Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, consisting of six distinct barrows positioned along a ridge. The barrows represent a characteristic linear cemetery arrangement typical of the Bronze Age period, when communities established collective burial grounds in elevated locations. These earthwork monuments retain archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric funeral practices and settlement patterns in the Dorset uplands. The site contributes to understanding Bronze Age territorial organization and the use of prominent landscape features for ceremonial and burial purposes.
Six barrows on Ridgeway Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002746. View the official record →
Six barrows on Ridgeway Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, consisting of six distinct barrows positioned along a ridge. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002746.
Six barrows on Ridgeway Hill 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 1002746.
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 (2.8 km), Preston Roman villa (4.1 km), George III, chalk-cut hill side figure (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Six barrows on Ridgeway Hill'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.
Six barrows on Ridgeway Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.