The Modern Antiquarian

Home	Latest Posts	Forums	Maps	Help

Browse Sites	News	Blog	Contributors	The Books

Dorset

Dorset on The Modern Antiquarian, the UK & Ireland's most popular megalithic community website. 11 news items, 3 images, 2 weblinks, plus information on many more ancient sites nearby and across the UK & Ireland.

Image © A. Brookes (30.1.2010)

See individual sites for details

Added by TMA Ed

News (11)
Images (3)
Links (2)


11 discussion topics Start a topic

Show | Hide

Web searches for Dorset

Sites in this group:

8 posts Abbotsbury & the Swannery	19 posts Abbotsbury Castle Hillfort	12 posts Ashmore Down Long Barrow
3 posts Askerswell Dyke	68 posts Badbury Rings Hillfort	29 posts Badbury Rings Barrows Barrow / Cairn Cemetery
6 posts Banbury Hill Hillfort	2 posts Barrow East of Two Gates Round Barrow(s)	5 posts Baylea Farm Barrow Barrow / Cairn Cemetery
7 posts Berendes Beorh Round Barrow(s)	8 posts Bere Down Long Barrow	2 posts Bestwall Quarry Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
18 posts Big Wood Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	45 posts Bincombe Down Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	4 posts Bincombe Down Long Barrow Long Barrow
4 posts Bindon Hill Hillfort	5 posts Bind Barrow Round Barrow(s)	8 posts Blacknoll Hill Barrow / Cairn Cemetery
10 posts Black Down (Kingston Russell) Bank Barrow	36 posts Black Down (Portesham) Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	12 posts Black Hill Round Barrow(s)
6 posts Blagdon Hill Round Barrow(s)	6 posts Bloxworth Down Round Barrow(s)	17 posts Bokerley Down Long Barrow
1 post Bolton's Barrow Round Barrow(s)	3 posts Boswell's Plantation Round Barrow(s)	10 posts Bottlebush Down Round Barrow(s)
4 posts Bradford Barrow Round Barrow(s)	2 posts Bradpole Round Barrow(s)	15 posts Branksome Library Stone Standing Stones
19 posts The Broad Stone Stone Circle	21 posts Bronkham Hill Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	2 posts Broomhill and Bere Wood Barrow / Cairn Cemetery
3 posts Bulbury Camp Hillfort	4 posts Bull Barrow (Holt) Round Barrow(s)	2 posts Bul Barrow Round Barrow(s)
2 posts Burcombe Hill Hillfort	4 posts Bush Barrow (Lulworth) Round Barrow(s)	19 posts Buzbury Rings Hillfort
12 posts Came Down Golf Club Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	21 posts 3 sites Came Wood Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	2 posts Canford Heath Barrow / Cairn Cemetery
5 posts Canon Hill Round Barrow(s)	2 posts The Castle (Cattistock) Hillfort	26 posts Chalbury Hillfort
5 posts Chaldon Down Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	3 posts Chaldon Herring Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	13 posts Chapel Hill Sacred Hill
3 posts Charlton Down Round Barrow(s)	2 posts The Chestnut Farm Group Pimperne Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	17 posts Chettle House Long Barrow
5 posts Chettle Long Barrow Long Barrow	6 posts Chilcombe Hill Hillfort	11 posts Clandon Barrow Round Barrow(s)
2 posts The Cliff (Tarrant Rawston) Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	3 posts Colmer's Hill Sacred Hill	19 posts Coney's Castle Hillfort
12 posts Conygar Hill Round Barrow(s)	11 posts Coombe Heath Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	8 posts Corscombe Standing Stones
3 posts Cowleaze Barrows Round Barrow(s)	3 posts Creech Barrow Round Barrow(s)	3 posts Crow Hill Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
1 post Dead Woman's Stone Standing Stone / Menhir (Destroyed)	22 posts Deverel Barrow Round Barrow(s)	5 posts Dogbury Hill Hillfort
5 posts Doghouse Hill Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork	4 posts Dorchester Palisaded Enclosure Timber Circle	1 post The Dorsetshire Gap Ancient Trackway
8 posts 2 sites The Dorset Cursus Cursus	4 posts Double Barrow Round Barrow(s)	5 posts Drove Hill Barrow / Cairn Cemetery
7 posts Dudsbury Camp Hillfort	14 posts Dungeon Hill Hillfort	19 posts East Hill Barrows Barrow / Cairn Cemetery
13 posts Eggardon Barrows Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	42 posts Eggardon Hill Hillfort	1 post End Barrow Round Barrow(s)
3 posts Eype Down Round Barrow(s)	4 posts Field Barn Round Barrow(s)	14 posts Five Marys Barrow / Cairn Cemetery
4 posts Flagstones Enclosure	1 post Folly Barrow Round Barrow(s)	6 posts Fontmell Down Dyke
9 posts Four Barrow Hill Round Barrow(s)	9 posts Friar Waddon Round Barrow(s)	1 post Frome Hill Barrows Round Barrow(s)
3 posts Fryer Mayne Round Barrow(s)	1 post Furzey Down Road Ancient Trackway	2 posts Giant’s Grave Round Barrow(s)
5 posts Giant's Grave and Giant's Trencher Round Barrow(s)	1 post The Giants Grave (north) Hambledon Hill Long Barrow	1 post The Giants Grave (south) Hambledon Hill Long Barrow
4 posts Goggin's Barrow Round Barrow(s)	16 posts Golden Cap Sacred Hill	22 posts Gould's Hill Barrows Barrow / Cairn Cemetery
11 posts The Great Barrow Artificial Mound	5 posts Great Hill Barrows Round Barrow(s)	62 posts The Grey Mare & Her Colts Long Barrow
10 posts 1 site Grimstone Down Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork	3 posts Grove Hill Round Barrow(s)	20 posts Gussage Hill Long Barrow
42 posts Hambledon Hillfort	4 posts Hammiton Hill Round Barrow(s)	48 posts Hampton Down Stone Circle
1 post Hangman's Rocks Stone Circle (Destroyed)	5 posts Hardown Hill Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	1 post Hawke Barrow Round Barrow(s)
3 posts Heather Cottage Round Barrow(s)	101 posts The Hellstone Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech	11 posts The Helstone Standing Stone / Menhir
1 post Henbury Barrow Round Barrow(s)	39 posts Hengistbury Head Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork	4 posts Herringston Barrow Round Barrow(s)
2 posts Hinton Bushes Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	29 posts Hod Hill Hillfort	3 posts Hog Cliff Hill Round Barrow(s)
Horton Inn Round Barrow(s)	4 posts Huck Barrow Round Barrow(s)	3 posts Hyde Hill Plantation (Tarrant Launceston) Barrow / Cairn Cemetery
2 posts Ibberton Hill Round Barrow(s)	9 posts 3 sites Isle of Portland	5 posts 49 sites The Isle of Purbeck
101 posts Kingston Russell Stone Circle	5 posts Kingston Russell Barrow Round Barrow(s)	13 posts King Down Round Barrow(s)
80 posts Knowlton Henges Henge	18 posts Lambert's Castle Hillfort	15 posts Lanceborough King Barrow Round Barrow(s)
3 posts Launceston Down North Group Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	3 posts Launceston Down South Group Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	12 posts Lewesdon Hill Hillfort
4 posts Limekiln Hill Round Barrow(s)	2 posts Little Bredy Round Barrow(s)	7 posts Longbury Long Barrow
5 posts Longlands Round Barrow(s)	28 posts Long Bredy Bank Barrow	5 posts Lord's Barrow Round Barrow(s)
6 posts Luton Down long barrow Long Barrow	3 posts Lyscombe Hill Dyke	3 posts Mag's Barrow Round Barrow(s)
1 post Maiden Castle Bank Barrow Bank Barrow	94 posts Maiden Castle (Dorchester) Hillfort	5 posts Maiden Castle Long Barrow Long Barrow
2 posts Maiden Castle Round Barrow Round Barrow(s)	11 posts Martin's Down Long Barrow Long Barrow	49 posts Maumbury Rings Henge
5 posts Mayne Stone Circle Stone Circle	8 posts Mistleberry Fort Hillfort	3 posts Moigns Down Round Barrow(s)
7 posts 1 site Mount Pleasant Henge	1 post Muddox Barrow Round Barrow(s) (Destroyed)	8 posts Nettlecombe Tout Hillfort
1 post New Barn Farm Round Barrow(s)	109 posts The Nine Stones of Winterbourne Abbas Stone Circle	2 posts Norden Hill Round Barrow(s)
2 posts North Barn Farm Round Barrow(s)	2 posts North Hill Round Barrow(s)	40 posts Oakley Down Barrow / Cairn Cemetery
11 posts Old Knowle Round Barrow(s)	6 posts Old Warren Hillfort	8 posts Owermoigne Down Round Barrow(s)
14 posts Pallington Clump Round Barrow(s)	2 posts Parley Barrow Round Barrow(s)	3 posts Peak End Hill Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
6 posts Penbury Knoll Hillfort	11 posts Penn Hill Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	19 posts Pentridge 21 / IIa/b Bank Barrow
3 posts Pentridge III Long Barrow	2 posts Pigeon House Long Barrow	45 posts Pilsdon Pen Hillfort
20 posts Pimperne Long Barrow	3 posts Pimperne Down Settlement Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork	2 posts Pimperne East Group Barrow / Cairn Cemetery
2 posts Pin Knoll Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork	4 posts Pompey's Corner Round Barrow(s)	1 post Poole Iron Age Port
2 posts Portesham Hill Long Barrow Long Barrow	1 post Portesham Standing Stones Standing Stones	34 posts Poundbury Hillfort Hillfort
4 posts Pound Hill Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	4 posts Powerstock Common Round Barrow(s)	11 posts Poxwell Cairn circle
3 posts Puddletown Forest Round Barrow(s)	4 posts Puncknowle Round Barrow(s)	7 posts Purlands Farm Barrow / Cairn Cemetery
10 posts 1 site Race Down Long Barrow	12 posts The Rainbarrows Round Barrow(s)	2 posts Ralph's Barrow Round Barrow(s)
1 post Rawles Barrow Round Barrow(s)	44 posts Rawlsbury Hillfort	2 posts Rawston Down Barrow / Cairn Cemetery
3 posts Red Barn Long Barrow	5 posts Rew Lane Round Barrow(s)	4 posts Ridgeway Hill Round Barrow(s)
15 posts Ridge Hill Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	1 post Ridge Hill Round Barrow(s)	7 posts Ringmoor Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
1 post Robins Barrow Round Barrow(s)	3 posts Roke Down Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	4 posts Round Pound Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
3 posts Sandy Barrow Round Barrow(s)	3 posts Sandy Barrow (West Stafford) Round Barrow(s)	8 posts The Seven Barrows Round Barrow(s)
3 posts Shapwick Barrow Round Barrow(s)	6 posts Sheep Down Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	5 posts Sheep Down Enclosure Enclosure
6 posts Sheep Down Long Barrow Long Barrow	4 posts Shipton Gorge Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork	10 posts Shipton Hill Hillfort
3 posts Simons Ground Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	2 posts Smacam Down Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork	1 post Smacam Down Long Barrow Long Barrow
6 posts South Down Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	1 post South Eggardon Farm Round Barrow(s)	19 posts Spetisbury Rings Hillfort
1 post Stand Barrow Round Barrow(s)	2 posts Straw Barrow Round Barrow(s)	2 posts Sturminster Newton Castle Hillfort
8 posts St Catherine's Hill Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	3 posts Summerlug Hill Round Barrow(s)	4 posts Tadnoll Barrow Round Barrow(s)
2 posts Tarrant Hinton Settlement Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork	2 posts Tarrant Launceston Settlement Site Causewayed Enclosure	2 posts Telegraph Clump Barrow Cemetery Barrow / Cairn Cemetery
2 posts Telegraph Clump Long Barrow Long Barrow	5 posts Tenants Hill Enclosure	2 posts Thickthorn Down Barrows Barrow / Cairn Cemetery
2 posts Thickthorn Down (North) Long Barrow Long Barrow	6 posts Thickthorn Down (South) Long Barrow	2 posts Third Milestone Barrow Cemetery Round Barrow(s)
7 posts Thorncombe Beacon Round Barrow(s)	5 posts Three Barrow Clump Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	3 posts Throop Clump Round Barrow(s)
1 post Tinker's Barrow Round Barrow(s)	2 posts Tolpuddle Ball Round Barrow(s)	3 posts The Trendle (Cerne Abbas) Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
5 posts Trent Barrow Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork	10 posts Tulk's Hill Round Barrow(s)	3 posts Turner's Puddle Heath Round Barrow(s)
4 posts Turnworth Down Round Barrows Round Barrow(s)	2 posts Two Gates Round Barrow(s)	34 posts The Valley of Stones Natural Rock Feature
1 post Valley of Stones Barrow Round Barrow(s)	6 posts Verwood Stone Standing Stone / Menhir	3 posts Wardstone Barrow Round Barrow(s)
4 posts 1 site Waterston Ridge Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	7 posts Wears Hill Round Barrow(s)	25 posts Weatherby Castle Hillfort
1 post Week Street Down Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	4 posts West Cliff Barrow Barrow / Cairn Cemetery (Destroyed)	6 posts West Compton Down Burial Chamber
5 posts West Hill Barrows Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	4 posts Whitcombe Barn Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	7 posts Whitcombe Hill Round Barrow(s)
4 posts Whitcombe Vale Round Barrow(s)	13 posts White Hill Barrows Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	5 posts White Horse Hill Round Barrow(s)
3 posts Whitfield Round Barrow(s)	6 posts Whitfield Farm Long Barrow	1 post Wimborne St. Giles Round Barrow(s)
5 posts Windsbatch Dyke	1 post Winterborne St Martin Disc Barrow Round Barrow(s)	29 posts Winterbourne Poor Lot Round Barrow(s)
6 posts Winterbourne Steepleton Cromlech Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech	4 posts Wolfeton Clump Round Barrow(s)	11 posts Woodbury Hill Hillfort
2 posts Woodcutts Common Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork	3 posts Woodman's Cross Round Barrow(s)	2 posts Wood Hill Round Barrow(s)
10 posts Woolsbarrow Hillfort	19 posts Wor Barrow Long Barrow	1 post Wur Stone Standing Stone / Menhir
10 posts Wyke Down Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	1 post Wyke Down Henge Henge	6 posts Wynford Eagle Round Barrow(s)
3 posts Yon Barrow Round Barrow(s)

Sites of disputed antiquity:

4 posts Bishop's Limekiln Natural Rock Feature	47 posts 1 site Cerne Abbas Giant Hill Figure	6 posts Evershot Standing Stone / Menhir
1 post Kingston Russell Cursus Cursus	4 posts Toller Porcorum Churchyard Christianised Site	7 posts The Wishing Stone Standing Stone / Menhir
3 posts Yetminster Stone Standing Stone / Menhir

News

Add news

Dorset power cable scheme uncovers 6,000 years of history

A project to remove electricity pylons from a protected landscape has led to archaeological discoveries dating back 6,000 years.

More info :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-57411051

Comments (0) | Add a comment | Permalink

Posted by drewbhoy
12th June 2021ce

The boneyard of the bizarre that rewrites our Celtic past to include hybrid-animal monster myths

Ancient Mediterranean cultures thought nothing of splicing different animals together to form fantastical mythical beasts, such as the half-lion, half-goat chimera or the half-lion, half-eagle griffin.

Until now, however, ancient Britons were not credited with such imagination... continues...

Comments (0) | Add a comment | Permalink

Posted by moss
12th July 2015ce

Archaeological project in Blandford gets lottery grant.

An archaeological scheme to investigate an area of Blandford in Dorset where ancient settlements have been found has been given £23,100 of lottery cash.

In 2008 a dig was carried out on the site earmarked for the new Milldown Primary School in the town... continues...

Comments (0) | Add a comment | Permalink

Posted by The Eternal
28th January 2010ce

Archaeologists find skulls on route of new road

The skulls of scores of young men have been found in a burial pit on the route of a new road in Dorset.

So far 45 skulls, believed to be almost 2,000 years old, have been found, and more may be found as the pit is emptied... continues...

Comments (2) | Add a comment | Permalink

Posted by danielspaniel
11th June 2009ce

Edited 11th June 2009ce

Ancient Burial Ground Uncovered.

More than a dozen skeletons thought to be thousands of years old, have been found by Oxford archaeologists working at an ancient burial site in Dorset.

Excavations are taking place at the site in Weymouth before builders move in to build an access road to the Olympic sailing centre for 2012... continues...

Comments (0) | Add a comment | Permalink

Posted by The Eternal
31st December 2008ce

Edited 4th January 2009ce

£150,000 for south Dorset Ridgeway

The south Dorset Ridgeway project was launched in Portesham village hall. The three year project aims to protect historic monuments affected by erosion over the last forty years. The cash comes from the heritage lottery fund.

Comments (0) | Add a comment | Permalink

Posted by formicaant
19th February 2008ce

Iron Age Boat To Be Displayed in Poole

An Iron Age boat found when Poole Harbour was dredged in the 1960s is nearly ready for display after extensive conservation work overseen by York Archaeological Trust. You can visit it when the Poole Museum reopens in June. From the Manchester Evening News website.

Comments (0) | Add a comment | Permalink

Posted by Rhiannon
12th February 2007ce

Edited 12th February 2007ce

Art to raise Ridgeway's profile

From an article published on the BBC News web site on 19th October 2005:

A campaign to raise public awareness of a historic countryside area to safeguard it for the future is to be launched next month... continues...

Comments (0) | Add a comment | Permalink

Posted by Kammer
20th October 2005ce

Edited 10th February 2006ce

Bid to help Dorset folk love 'lumps and bumps'

A new project aims to increase people's awareness, knowledge and appreciation of the amazing landscape between Weymouth and Dorchester... continues...

Comments (0) | Add a comment | Permalink

Posted by ocifant
14th October 2005ce

Edited 8th February 2006ce

Sugar Coated - Iron Age Boat

Source: The Times: 11 June 2005

Sweet return for Iron Age boat with a heart of oak
By Simon de Bruxelles

AN ANCIENT dugout canoe is to be seen in public for the first time in 2,300 years after spending the past decade being preserved in sugar... continues...

Comments (0) | Add a comment | Permalink

Posted by Ike
12th June 2005ce

Edited 10th February 2006ce

Golden find is 4,000 years old

Hmmm, I wonder how much more has been found and not reported?
A day's metal detecting has unearthed an unexpected treasure - a 4,000-year-old piece of gold.

The ornamental piece of gold is only the second piece to ever be found in the UK and the first to be discovered in Dorset... continues...

Comments (0) | Add a comment | Permalink

Posted by Jane
21st May 2004ce

Edited 10th February 2006ce

Images (click to view fullsize)

Add an image

Latest posts for Dorset

Showing 1-10 of 3,289 posts. Most recent first | Next 10

Burcombe Hill (Hillfort) — Fieldnotes

There is scant information about this site, there are banks and ditches which enclose around an acre. It is triangular in shape and is described as a defensive enclosure. Dates are estimated to be from the Iron age to the Medieval period.

Comments (3) | Add a comment | Permalink

Posted by formicaant
23rd January 2024ce

Burcombe Hill (Hillfort) — Images (click to view fullsize)

<b>Burcombe Hill</b>Posted by formicaant

Posted by formicaant
23rd January 2024ce

The Valley of Stones (Natural Rock Feature) — News

Polissoir discovered!

An extremely rare and important stone artefact dating back over 5,000 years has been discovered during a community heritage project in West Dorset.

The natural stone boulder has a dished glossy surface where it was used to polish stone axe heads over 5,000 years ago. It has been discovered in the Valley of Stones National Nature Reserve in the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), near Dorchester.

In addition to being on a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), the polishing boulder is located within an area protected as a scheduled monument.

The polishing boulder – known as a polissoir - is formed of sarsen stone, a particularly hard form of sandstone known as silcrete (a cemented mass of sand and gravel), that was used during the Neolithic period for building monuments such as Stonehenge.

https://dorchester.nub.news/news/local-news/rare-stone-age-artefact-discovered-at-nature-reserve-near-bridport-191192

Comments (0) | Add a comment | Permalink