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Two barrows known as Water Barrows is a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery located 650 metres west-north-west of Whiteway Farm near East Lulworth in Dorset. The site forms part of a larger barrow cemetery in the south-east of the parish, representing a significant concentration of prehistoric burial monuments from the second millennium BCE. The barrows are typical of the round barrow form prevalent across the Wessex downlands during the Bronze Age, serving as burial mounds for members of Bronze Age communities. This cemetery exemplifies the funerary practices and monumental landscape construction of Bronze Age Dorset, with the preserved earthworks providing evidence of settlement patterns and ritual practices in the region.
Two barrows known as 'Water Barrows' 650m WNW of Whiteway Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery to the south east of East Lulworth is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008144. View the official record →
Two barrows known as Water Barrows is a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery located 650 metres west-north-west of Whiteway Farm near East Lulworth in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008144.
Two barrows known as 'Water Barrows' 650m WNW of Whiteway Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery to the south east of East Lulworth 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 1008144.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow cemetery south-east of East Lulworth 550m north-east of Monastery Farm (0.4 km), Round barrow on Boat Knoll (0.5 km), Flower's Barrow: a small multivallate hillfort and associated outwork on Rings Hill (1.2 km).
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Two barrows known as 'Water Barrows' 650m WNW of Whiteway Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery to the south east of East Lulworth stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.