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Wardstone Barrow is a bowl barrow situated on the Dorset coastal ridge approximately 300 metres south of Chideock Farm. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a funerary monument of the type commonly constructed across southern England during the second millennium BCE. Bowl barrows of this form typically comprised an earthen mound raised over one or more burials, often accompanied by grave goods, and served as prominent landscape markers for Bronze Age communities. The barrow's position on the elevated ridge reflects the characteristic siting of such monuments in prominent locations within the prehistoric landscape.
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 situated 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).
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