Details

The monument includes a round barrow located on level ground in a clearing in
a mature conifer plantation, situated on Passage Beds towards the southern
edge of the Tabular Hills. The earthen mound of the barrow measures 26m in
diameter and 2m high. An unrecorded excavation in the past has left a sub-
circular depression to the east of the mound's centre, 6m in diameter and 1m
deep.

MAP EXTRACT
The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.
It includes a 2 metre boundary around the archaeological features,
considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.

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Reasons for Scheduling

Round barrows are funerary monuments dating from the Late Neolithic period to
the Late Bronze Age, with most examples belonging to the period 2400-1500 BC.
They were constructed as earthen mounds, sometimes ditched, which covered
single or multiple burials. They occur either in isolation or grouped as
cemeteries and often acted as a focus of burials in later periods. Often
superficially similar, although differing widely in size, they exhibit
regional variations in form and a diversity of burial practices. There are
over 10,000 surviving examples recorded nationally (many more have already
been destroyed), occurring across most of Britain, including the Wessex area
where it is often possible to classify them more closely, for example as bowl
or bell barrows. Often occupying prominent locations, they are a major
historic element in the modern landscape and their considerable variation in
form and longevity as a monument type provide important information on the
diversity of beliefs and social organisations amongst early prehistoric
communities. They are particularly representative of their period and a
substantial proportion of surviving examples are considered worthy of
protection.

The round barrow 780m east of Broad Head Farm survives well. Despite the
disturbance to the barrow significant information about its original form
and the burial placed within it will be preserved. Evidence for earlier
land use and the contemporary environment will also survive beneath the
barrow mound.

Source: Historic England

Sources

Books and journals
Dalby Forest Survey, (1996)

Source: Historic England