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Six round barrows 200m west of New Planting is a Bronze Age burial monument forming part of the Three Barrow Clump cemetery in Dorset. The barrows are representative of the extensive funerary landscapes established during the second and early first millennia BCE across southern England, when communities marked their dead with earthen mounds of varying dimensions. This cluster of monuments contributes to the archaeological significance of the broader Three Barrow Clump complex, which preserves evidence of ritual practice and social organisation during prehistory. The site remains an important record of Bronze Age settlement patterns and ceremonial activity in the Dorset landscape.
Six round barrows 200m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013247. View the official record →
Six round barrows 200m west of New Planting is a Bronze Age burial monument forming part of the Three Barrow Clump cemetery in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013247.
Six round barrows 200m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery 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 1013247.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow E of The Buildings (4.6 km), St Peter's Abbey (5.6 km), Two fishponds in Oddens Wood (5.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Six round barrows 200m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Six round barrows 200m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.