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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 burial mounds, typical of the round barrow tradition that flourished across southern Britain during the Bronze Age, roughly 2200 to 700 BCE. Such monuments served as focal points for burial practices and often contained cremated or inhumed remains, sometimes accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status and beliefs of their communities. The barrows' survival into the modern period, despite agricultural activity across the Dorset landscape, attests to their substantial original construction and their significance in the prehistoric ritual and settlement patterns of the region.
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).
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