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The Icen Barrow is a Bronze Age round barrow located on Creech Heath in Dorset, England, forming part of a larger barrow cemetery in the area. The monument consists of a burial mound typical of Bronze Age funerary practice, dating to the second millennium BCE. As a component of the Creech Heath barrow group, it represents evidence of sustained use of the landscape for ritual and burial purposes during the Bronze Age period. The barrow survives as an earthwork monument and remains of archaeological significance for understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial practices in Dorset.
The Icen Barrow on Creech Heath, forming part of the Creech Heath round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014139. View the official record →
The Icen Barrow is a Bronze Age round barrow located on Creech Heath in Dorset, England, forming part of a larger barrow cemetery in the area. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014139.
The Icen Barrow on Creech Heath, forming part of the Creech 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 1014139.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including 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 (5.3 km), Bowl barrow on Swyre Head (5.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of The Icen Barrow on Creech Heath, forming part of the Creech 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 Icen Barrow on Creech Heath, forming part of the Creech 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.