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Wardstone Barrow is a bowl barrow located on the Dorset coastal ridge approximately 300 metres south of Chideock Farm. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a burial mound of a type commonly constructed during the second millennium before the present era. Bowl barrows of this form typically contained inhumed or cremated remains, often accompanied by grave goods, and served as prominent markers in the Bronze Age landscape. The barrow survives as an earthwork feature and remains a significant archaeological indicator of prehistoric activity and settlement patterns along the Dorset coast.
Wardstone Barrow: a bowl barrow on the Dorset coastal ridge 300m south of Chideock Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008676. View the official record →
Wardstone Barrow is a bowl barrow located on the Dorset coastal ridge approximately 300 metres south of Chideock Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008676.
Wardstone Barrow: a bowl barrow on the Dorset coastal ridge 300m south of Chideock 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 1008676.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Warren field system (0.7 km), Bowl barrow 900m south east of Chideock Farm (0.8 km), Bowl barrow 660m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery (1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wardstone Barrow: a bowl barrow on the Dorset coastal ridge 300m south of Chideock Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Wardstone Barrow: a bowl barrow on the Dorset coastal ridge 300m south of Chideock Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.