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Three round barrows east of Smitten Corner is a scheduled ancient monument comprising three Bronze Age burial mounds sited on chalk downland in Dorset. The barrows occupy a low ridge where the underlying geology consists of White Chalk Subgroup, a friable chalk formation laid down during the Maastrichtian period of the Late Cretaceous. This elevated chalk terrain would have provided good drainage and visibility, typical advantages for Bronze Age burial sites in southern England.
The three barrows are arranged across a modest area of approximately 0.5 hectares and sit within the broader prehistoric landscape of the Dorset chalklands, where such burial monuments are a characteristic feature of the Bronze Age burial tradition spanning roughly 2200 to 700 BC. Round barrows of this kind typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status and practices of Bronze Age communities.
The site has been scheduled as a monument of national importance under Historic England reference 1003308, recognising its archaeological significance and the evidence it preserves of Bronze Age funerary practice and settlement patterns across the Dorset landscape.
Three round barrows E of Smitten Corner is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003308. View the official record →
Three round barrows east of Smitten Corner is a scheduled ancient monument comprising three Bronze Age burial mounds sited on chalk downland in Dorset.
Three round barrows E of Smitten Corner 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 1003308.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows 720m south east of Friar Waddon House (3.7 km), Two fishponds in Oddens Wood (4.6 km), St Peter's Abbey (4.8 km).
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Three round barrows E of Smitten Corner stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.