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Two barrows 600yds (550m) N of Halls Farm

England
List entry 1002768
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002768
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.06 hectares
Grid reference
SY 72375 84211, SY 72428 84215
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Two barrows 600 yards north of Halls Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. The site comprises two distinct barrow mounds, representative of the burial practices characteristic of the Bronze Age period when such earthen monuments served as communal or individual sepulchral structures across southern England. The barrows' survival as upstanding earthworks demonstrates their archaeological value in understanding prehistoric settlement and mortuary customs in the region. As a scheduled ancient monument, the site remains subject to statutory protection and continues to inform scholarly understanding of Bronze Age funerary archaeology in Dorset.

Two barrows 600yds (550m) N of Halls Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002768. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Two barrows 600yds (550m) N of Halls Farm?

Two barrows 600 yards north of Halls Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002768.

Who is responsible for protecting Two barrows 600yds (550m) N of Halls Farm?

Two barrows 600yds (550m) N of Halls Farm 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 1002768.

What other scheduled monuments are near Two barrows 600yds (550m) N of Halls Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Upton Fort, a coastal artillery battery and two searchlight emplacements (3.3 km), Bowl barrow 200m south east of Hill Barn: one of a group of three barrows (6 km), Two bowl barrows 200m south east of Hill Barn: two of a group of three barrows (6 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Upton Fort, a coastal artillery battery and two searchlight emplacements
3.3 km
Bowl barrow 200m south east of Hill Barn: one of a group of three barrows
6 km
Two bowl barrows 200m south east of Hill Barn: two of a group of three barrows
6 km
Earl of Abergavenny
6.2 km
Two bowl barrows 560m south east of Hill Barn
6.3 km
Humpty Dumpty Field, Radipole
6.4 km
Bowl barrow 650m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery
6.6 km
Bowl barrow 550m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery
6.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Two barrows 600yds (550m) N of Halls Farm

Two barrows 600yds (550m) N of Halls Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Two barrows 600yds (550m) N of Halls Farm

Maiden CastleArchaeological site · ~4.3 milesDorchesterRoman town · ~4.4 milesSiege of Maiden CastleBattle (43) · ~4.3 miles
Domesday entry for Osmington, Dorset →
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