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The Clandon Barrow, 450m west of Clandon Farm

England
List entry 1015781
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015781
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.13 hectares
Grid reference
SY 65629 89002
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The Clandon Barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located near Clandon Farm in Dorset. The monument survives as an earthwork consisting of a circular mound, typical of funerary monuments constructed during the Bronze Age period when such barrows were the primary form of burial monument across southern England. The barrow's specific archaeological character and any finds associated with it would have been documented during antiquarian or modern survey work, though detailed excavation records for this particular monument are not widely referenced in standard archaeological literature. Its preservation and official listing reflect its importance as part of Dorset's Bronze Age heritage and the landscape of prehistoric funerary practice.

The Clandon Barrow, 450m west of Clandon Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015781. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is The Clandon Barrow, 450m west of Clandon Farm?

The Clandon Barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located near Clandon Farm in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015781.

Who is responsible for protecting The Clandon Barrow, 450m west of Clandon Farm?

The Clandon Barrow, 450m west of Clandon Farm 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 1015781.

What other scheduled monuments are near The Clandon Barrow, 450m west of Clandon Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cross-ridge dyke on Windsbatch (3.9 km), Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill (5.5 km), Group of barrows on West Hill (6.4 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

Cross-ridge dyke on Windsbatch
3.9 km
Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill
5.5 km
Group of barrows on West Hill
6.4 km
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
6.5 km
Group of barrows E of Northdown Barn
7.1 km
Langton Cross: a wayside cross 850m south west of Tatton House
7.3 km
Barrow 200yds (180m) N of the White Horse
7.3 km
Lime kiln 800ft (245m) NW of Langton Cross
7.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under The Clandon Barrow, 450m west of Clandon Farm

The Clandon Barrow, 450m west of Clandon Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around The Clandon Barrow, 450m west of Clandon Farm

Maiden CastleArchaeological site · ~0.9 milesDorchesterRoman town · ~2.5 milesIlchesterRoman town · ~22.5 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~22.6 milesSiege of Maiden CastleBattle (43) · ~0.9 miles
Domesday entry for Martinstown, Dorset →
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