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Straw Barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. The barrow survives as an earthwork monument typical of the prehistoric funerary landscape of southern England, dating to the period when communal and individual burial practices were marked by the construction of substantial mounds over the deceased. Like many such monuments in Dorset, it forms part of the archaeological record documenting early farming societies and their ritual practices. The site remains of archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric settlement and ceremonial activity in the region.
Straw Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016379. View the official record →
Straw Barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016379.
Straw 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 1016379.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pillow mound 80m south east of Windmill Barrow Farm (5.4 km), Windmill Barrow, a bowl barrow 40m south west of Windmill Barrow Farm (5.5 km), Deserted settlement NW of Mountain Clump (6.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Straw Barrow'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.
Straw Barrow stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.