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The Drinking Barrow is a Bronze Age round barrow situated within the Grange Heath round barrow cemetery near Dorset. As a constituent element of this landscape of funerary monuments, it represents the ritual and burial practices of Bronze Age communities in southern England, typically dating to the second millennium BC. The barrow exhibits the characteristic mounded earthwork form that defines round barrows of this period, constructed as a cairn or earth mound to cover inhumation or cremation burials beneath. Its survival as part of a broader cemetery demonstrates the cumulative ceremonial use of the Grange Heath landscape during the Bronze Age and contributes to our understanding of prehistoric settlement patterns and funerary traditions in Dorset.
The Drinking Barrow, forming part of the Grange Heath round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014132. View the official record →
The Drinking Barrow is a Bronze Age round barrow situated within the Grange Heath round barrow cemetery near Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014132.
The Drinking Barrow, forming part of the Grange Heath 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 1014132.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Harp Stone (2.9 km), Iron Age settlement and associated field system on Smedmore Hill (4.3 km), Alum works, other multi-period industrial remains and an associated group of jetties and breakwaters, Kimmeridge Bay (4.4 km).
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