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Three Barrows is a group of three round barrows situated on the southern edge of Middlebere Heath near Halfway Inn in Dorset. The monuments date to the Bronze Age and represent funerary structures typical of the second millennium BC, when such barrows served as burial mounds for prominent members of prehistoric communities. The three earthworks survive as distinct rounded mounds, demonstrating the characteristic morphology of Bronze Age tumuli found across the Dorset heathlands. This group contributes to the substantial Bronze Age barrow cemetery landscape that characterises the Middlebere Heath area, reflecting patterns of ritual burial practice and territorial organisation in southern England during the early to mid-Bronze Age period.
'Three Barrows': Group of three round barrows on the southern edge of Middlebere Heath, 240m NNE of Halfway Inn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011481. View the official record →
Three Barrows is a group of three round barrows situated on the southern edge of Middlebere Heath near Halfway Inn in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011481.
'Three Barrows': Group of three round barrows on the southern edge of Middlebere Heath, 240m NNE of Halfway Inn 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 1011481.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Iron Age settlement and associated field system on Smedmore Hill (4.7 km), Bowl barrow on Swyre Head (6 km), Two bowl barrows 350m and 410m south of Afflington Barn (6.3 km).
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