Scheduled MonumentsEnglandTwo barrows on Little Puddle Hill

Two barrows on Little Puddle Hill

England
List entry 1003224
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003224
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.1 hectares
Grid reference
SY 70413 95807, SY 70378 95817
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Two barrows on Little Puddle Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. The site consists of two burial mounds that form part of the extensive barrow cemetery distribution across the Dorset landscape, characteristic of the Bronze Age period when such earthworks served as prominent markers for elite and communal burials. The barrows contribute to the archaeological understanding of prehistoric settlement patterns and ritual practices in southern England during the second millennium BCE. As a scheduled ancient monument, the site remains an important resource for the study of Bronze Age funerary architecture and the prehistoric use of the Dorset uplands.

Two barrows on Little Puddle Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003224. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Two barrows on Little Puddle Hill?

Two barrows on Little Puddle Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003224.

Who is responsible for protecting Two barrows on Little Puddle Hill?

Two barrows on Little Puddle Hill 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 1003224.

What other scheduled monuments are near Two barrows on Little Puddle Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of four round barrows in Cripton Wood (9.3 km), Two round barrows at Down Wood (9.4 km), Oval barrow and three bowl barrows 250m and 330m south of Whitcombe Barn (9.6 km).

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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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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Two barrows on Little Puddle Hill

Two barrows on Little Puddle Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.