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Two round barrows north of Bincombe Barn is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. The site comprises two distinct earthen mounds characteristic of the burial practice prevalent during the Bronze Age, when such barrows served as monumental markers for elite or significant community members. The barrows' physical form and archaeological context place them within the landscape of Bronze Age funerary monuments that are distributed across the Dorset downlands. As scheduled ancient monuments, they retain archaeological significance for understanding burial practices and settlement patterns of prehistoric Dorset.
Two round barrows N of Bincombe Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002830. View the official record →
Two round barrows north of Bincombe Barn is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002830.
Two round barrows N of Bincombe Barn 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 1002830.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Multi-period archaeological landscape centred on and including a slight univallate hillfort called Chalbury, two bowl barrows, part of a Bronze Age urnfield and a series of medieval strip fields (2.7 km), George III, chalk-cut hill side figure (4.1 km), Preston Roman villa (4.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Two round barrows N of Bincombe Barn's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Two round barrows N of Bincombe Barn stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.