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The Icen Barrow is a Bronze Age round barrow situated within the Creech Heath barrow cemetery near Wareham in Dorset. The monument forms part of a significant grouping of funerary mounds that reflects the ritual and settlement patterns of Bronze Age communities in this region of southern England. The barrow itself survives as an earthwork mound, consistent with the form of burial monuments constructed during the second millennium before the common era. Its inclusion within the designated cemetery demonstrates the clustering of such monuments across the landscape, a characteristic feature of prehistoric burial practice 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 situated within the Creech Heath barrow cemetery near Wareham in Dorset. 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).
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