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Two round barrows in Doles Hill Plantation is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. The site comprises two earthen mounds typical of the round barrow form that proliferated across southern Britain during the Bronze Age, roughly 2200 to 700 BCE, serving as burial monuments for the cremated or inhumed remains of elite or notable individuals. The barrows survive as earthwork features within the woodland setting of Doles Hill Plantation, preserving evidence of prehistoric burial practice and settlement patterns. Such monuments are characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practice in Dorset and contribute to understanding the distribution and chronology of burial rites across the county during this period.
Two round barrows in Doles Hill Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002873. View the official record →
Two round barrows in Doles Hill Plantation is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002873.
Two round barrows in Doles Hill Plantation 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 1002873.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Colliton Park Roman house (9 km), Part of Roman, Saxon, and medieval town in grounds of Wollaston House (9.1 km), Henge Enclosure, Conquer Barrow and Barrow Cemetery (9.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Two round barrows in Doles Hill Plantation's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Two round barrows in Doles Hill Plantation stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.