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Two round barrows S of Ashton Farm is a pair of Bronze Age burial monuments located in Dorset. These earthwork barrows, dating to the Bronze Age period, represent significant examples of funerary practice during the second millennium BC. The barrows survive as substantial earthen mounds, characteristic of the burial tradition prevalent across southern England during this era. Their presence reflects the importance of ceremonial and ancestral commemoration within Bronze Age communities in the Dorset landscape.
Two round barrows S of Ashton Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003217. View the official record →
Two round barrows S of Ashton Farm is a pair of Bronze Age burial monuments located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003217.
Two round barrows S of Ashton Farm 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 1003217.
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 (4.8 km), Humpty Dumpty Field, Radipole (5.7 km), Barrow 200yds (180m) N of the White Horse (6 km).
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