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Three barrows south of Poxwell Big Wood is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. The site comprises three burial mounds characteristic of the Bronze Age period, when such barrows served as prominent markers in the landscape for elite or communal burials. The barrows' survival as earthwork features reflects the archaeological importance of this area of Dorset, which contains numerous similar monuments from the second millennium BC. The three mounds represent a form of mortuary practice that remained prevalent across southern England during the Bronze Age, with such groupings often indicating family burial grounds or multiple ritual episodes across generations.
Three barrows S of Poxwell Big Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003584. View the official record →
Three barrows south of Poxwell Big Wood is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003584.
Three barrows S of Poxwell Big Wood 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 1003584.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 200m south east of Hill Barn: one of a group of three barrows (2.8 km), Two bowl barrows 200m south east of Hill Barn: two of a group of three barrows (2.9 km), Two bowl barrows 560m south east of Hill Barn (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Three barrows S of Poxwell Big Wood's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Three barrows S of Poxwell Big Wood stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.