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The Drinking Barrow is a Bronze Age round barrow situated within the Grange Heath barrow cemetery near Dorset. The monument represents a typical funerary monument of the Bronze Age period, constructed as an earthen mound covering a burial or burials beneath. As part of the larger cemetery complex, it contributes to the archaeological evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and burial practices in the region. The barrow remains visible as an earthwork despite the passage of millennia, preserving important information about the ritual and social practices of Bronze Age communities in southern England.
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 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of The Drinking Barrow, forming part of the Grange Heath round barrow cemetery'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.
The Drinking Barrow, forming part of the Grange Heath round barrow cemetery stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.