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Two round barrows on Ridgeway is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. The site comprises two earthen mounds typical of barrow construction during the Bronze Age period, when such tumuli served as burial places for members of prehistoric communities. The barrows are situated along the Ridgeway, a significant ancient routeway that traverses the Dorset landscape and has been in use since prehistoric times. These monuments represent the funerary practices and social organization of Bronze Age societies in southern England, and their survival as upstanding earthworks contributes to our understanding of prehistoric settlement patterns and ceremonial landscapes in the region.
Two round barrows on Ridgeway is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002761. View the official record →
Two round barrows on Ridgeway is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002761.
Two round barrows on Ridgeway 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 1002761.
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 (4.2 km), Humpty Dumpty Field, Radipole (5.1 km), Barrow 200yds (180m) N of the White Horse (5.5 km).
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