Roke Down (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) — The Modern Antiquarian

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Image of Roke Down (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by formicaant

A group of 3 barrows in the eastern half of the cemetery.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 29/06/09

formicaant Jun 29, 2009

Image of Roke Down (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by formicaant

This single round barrow is one of 11 in this extended barrow cemetery north of Bere Regis.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 29/06/09

formicaant Jun 29, 2009

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Roke Down

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery

formicaant Jun 29, 2009

This is an extended barrow cemetery of 11 barrows of various types which runs up a shallow valley to the north of Bere Regis. The single barrow in the photo is one of a group of three in the western side of the cemetery.
The group of three are on the east side of the valley, just north of Millum Head.

Sites within 20km of Roke Down

Cowleaze Barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 0.89km W

1

2
Bere Down

Long Barrow • 1.19km NE

5

3
Weatherby Castle

Hillfort • 1.38km WSW

22

3
Double Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 1.87km S

2

2
Tolpuddle Ball

Round Barrow(s) • 2.1km SW

1

1
Hawke Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 2.4km ENE

1
Deverel Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 2.54km NNW

13

7

2
Stand Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 2.56km E

1
Black Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 2.99km ESE

8

4
Muddox Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 3.23km ENE

1
Rawles Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 3.73km E

1
Woodbury Hill

Hillfort • 4.03km E

7

3

1
Bolton’s Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 4.08km E

1
Throop Clump

Round Barrow(s) • 4.09km SSE

2

1
End Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 4.27km ESE

1
Broomhill and Bere Wood

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 4.44km E

2
Dead Woman’s Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 4.82km SSE

1
Pallington Clump

Round Barrow(s) • 5.21km SW

12

2
Turner’s Puddle Heath

Round Barrow(s) • 5.41km SSE

2

1
Bloxworth Down

Round Barrow(s) • 5.63km E

4

2
Yon Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 5.63km ESE

1

2
Warren Heath

Round Barrow(s) • 6.53km SE

1

1
Giant’s Grave

Round Barrow(s) • 8.14km WNW

2
Woolsbarrow

Hillfort • 8.23km E

7

3
Puddletown Forest

Round Barrow(s) • 8.3km WSW

2

1
Cold Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 8.58km E

1
Heather Cottage

Round Barrow(s) • 8.78km S

1

2
Old Knowle

Round Barrow(s) • 8.9km S

9

2
Boswell’s Plantation

Round Barrow(s) • 8.99km SW

2

1
The White Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 9.03km ENE

1
Whitcombe Vale

Round Barrow(s) • 9.07km S

3

1
Tadnoll Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 9.41km SSW

2

2
Tinker’s Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 9.51km SSW

1
The Rainbarrows

Round Barrow(s) • 9.62km WSW

8

4
Robins Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 9.69km WSW

1
The Dorsetshire Gap

Ancient Trackway • 10.11km WNW

1
Bul Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 10.11km NW

2
Blacknoll Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 10.16km S

6

2
Drove Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 10.2km S

4

1
Huck Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 10.65km SW

2

2
Rawlsbury

Hillfort • 10.7km NW

40

4
Lyscombe Hill

Dyke • 10.72km WNW

2

1
Nettlecombe Tout

Hillfort • 10.78km WNW

5

3
Spetisbury Rings

Hillfort • 11km ENE

14

1

3

2
Bulbury Camp

Hillfort • 11.04km E

3
Waterston Ridge

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 11.09km WSW

3

1
Ibberton Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 11.1km NNW

1

1
Woodman’s Cross

Round Barrow(s) • 11.12km SE

1

2
Fidler’s Green

Round Barrow(s) • 11.6km WSW

1

1
Windmill Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 11.78km ENE

1
Sandy Barrow (West Stafford)

Round Barrow(s) • 11.86km SW

1

2
Baylea Farm Barrow

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 11.87km SE

3

2
The Seven Barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 12.04km ESE

6

2
Worgret Heath Earthworks

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 12.25km ESE

1
Ringmoor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 12.31km NNW

5

2
Worgret Heath

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 12.31km ESE

6

2
Shapwick Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 12.42km ENE

2

1
Frome Hill Barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 12.43km WSW

1
Turnworth Down Round Barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 12.54km NNW

2

2
Wolfeton Clump

Round Barrow(s) • 12.55km WSW

3

1
Five Marys

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 12.6km S

9

5
Coombe Heath

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 12.66km SE

8

3
Whitcombe Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 12.81km SW

5

2
Mount Pleasant

Henge • 12.82km WSW

2

4

1
Conquer Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 13km WSW

3

1

2
Henbury Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 13km ENE

1
Fryer Mayne

Round Barrow(s) • 13.12km SW

1

2
Lord’s Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 13.12km SSW

3

2
Chaldon Herring

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 13.14km S

2

1
Flagstones

Enclosure • 13.34km WSW

2

3
Mayne Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 13.49km SW

1

4
Owermoigne Down

Round Barrow(s) • 13.59km SSW

6

2
Five Barrow Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 13.66km SE

3

2
Povington Heath twin-barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 13.74km SE

1
Buzbury Rings

Hillfort • 13.75km NE

14

2

5
Rawston Down

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 13.93km NE

2
Wood Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 13.94km WSW

1

1
Luton Down long barrow

Long Barrow • 14km NE

3

3
Dorchester Palisaded Enclosure

Timber Circle • 14km WSW

3

1
Bestwall Quarry

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.06km ESE

1

1
Moigns Down

Round Barrow(s) • 14.14km SSW

2

1
Conygar Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 14.28km WSW

8

4
Straw Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 14.3km ENE

1

1
Whitcombe Barn

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 14.44km SW

3

1
Warehan Logboat

14.47km ESE

1
Maumbury Rings

Henge • 14.48km WSW

38

2

8
Poundbury Hillfort

Hillfort • 14.59km WSW

24

10
Bush Barrow (Lulworth)

Round Barrow(s) • 14.64km S

2

2
King’s Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 14.69km ESE

2
Hod Hill

Hillfort • 14.71km N

23

5

1
Round Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.87km S

2

2
Poxwell

Cairn circle • 14.93km SSW

5

5
Pimperne Down Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 15.02km NNE

1

2
Three Lords Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 15.06km ESE

1
The Chestnut Farm Group Pimperne

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 15.21km NE

2
Badbury Rings Barrows

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 15.22km ENE

24

5
Wardstone Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 15.34km S

1

2
Water Barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 15.43km SE

1
White Horse Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 15.49km SW

3

2
South Down

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 15.54km SSW

4

2
Thorn Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 15.55km SE

2

2
Povington Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 15.55km SE

1
Ferny Barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 15.56km SE

3

2
Stoborough Heath Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 15.57km ESE

1
Whitfield

Round Barrow(s) • 15.62km WSW

2

1
Herringston Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 15.65km WSW

2

2
Whitfield Farm

Long Barrow • 15.66km WSW

3

1

3
Chaldon Down

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 15.68km S

4

1
Banbury Hill

Hillfort • 15.71km NNW

5

1
Badbury Rings

Hillfort • 15.81km ENE

50

16

1
The Giants Grave (south) Hambledon Hill

Long Barrow • 15.86km N

1
Drinking Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 15.91km ESE

1
Cerne Abbas Giant

Hill Figure • 16.05km W

14

2

12

29

2
The Trendle (Cerne Abbas)

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.05km W

1

2
Came Wood Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 16.13km SW

6

2
Hambury Tout

Round Barrow(s) • 16.16km S

3

1
East Hill Barrows

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 16.19km SW

17

2
Icen Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 16.21km ESE

1
Bindon Hill

Hillfort • 16.22km SSE

2

2
Hambledon

Hillfort • 16.23km N

26

13

3
Hyde Hill Barrows (Purbeck)

Round Barrow(s) • 16.24km ESE

1
Came Wood

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 16.26km SW

18

3
Broadmayne Bank Barrow

Bank Barrow • 16.26km SW

33

3
Creech Heath Barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 16.29km ESE

1
Culliford Tree Barrow

Long Barrow • 16.33km SW

5

1

4
The Giants Grave (north) Hambledon Hill

Long Barrow • 16.38km N

1
West Hill Barrows

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 16.39km SW

3

2
Telegraph Clump Barrow Cemetery

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 16.41km NE

2
Smacam Down Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 16.44km W

1
Telegraph Clump Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 16.46km NE

2
Ridge Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 16.47km W

1
Sandy Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 16.47km SW

2

1
Furzey Down Road

Ancient Trackway • 16.53km W

1
Race Down

Long Barrow • 16.54km NE

6

4
Smacam Down

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.57km W

2
Flower’s Barrow

Hillfort • 16.58km SE

38

1

5

2
Race Down Round Barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 16.6km NE

1
Came Down Golf Club

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 16.67km SW

11

1
Lanceborough King Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 16.81km WSW

12

3
Pimperne East Group

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 16.83km NE

2
Goggin’s Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 16.85km SSW

2

2
Dungeon Hill

Hillfort • 16.92km WNW

12

2
Maiden Castle (Dorchester)

Hillfort • 16.95km WSW

75

1

16

1
Three Barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 16.95km ESE

1

2
Maiden Castle Bank Barrow

Bank Barrow • 16.97km WSW

1
Pimperne

Long Barrow • 17.06km NE

15

5
Arne Hill Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 17.06km E

1
Maiden Castle Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 17.2km WSW

3

2
The Cliff (Tarrant Rawston)

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 17.22km NE

2
Bincombe Down

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 17.26km SW

41

4
Maiden Castle Round Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 17.27km WSW

1

1
Bincombe Down Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 17.28km SW

3

1
Creech Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 17.29km ESE

1

2
Grimstone Down Barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 17.31km WSW

2
Sturminster Newton Castle

Hillfort • 17.34km NNW

1

1
Grimstone Down

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.43km WSW

10

2
King Down

Round Barrow(s) • 17.43km ENE

10

3
Stone Hill Down

Long Barrow • 17.67km ESE

2

2
Penn Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 17.67km WSW

10

1
Chalbury

Hillfort • 17.73km SW

24

2
Hinton Bushes

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 17.73km NE

2
The Wishing Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 17.84km W

4

3
Purlands Farm

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 17.86km WSW

6

1
Clandon Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 17.93km WSW

7

1

2

2
Dogbury Hill

Hillfort • 17.97km W

3

2
Bradford Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 18.03km ENE

1

2

1
Tarrant Launceston Settlement Site

Causewayed Enclosure • 18.27km NE

2
Gould’s Hill Barrows

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 18.32km WSW

19

3
Ridgeway Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 18.39km SW

3

1
Third Milestone Barrow Cemetery

Round Barrow(s) • 18.65km WSW

2
Red Barn

Long Barrow • 18.67km WSW

1

2
Tarrant Hinton Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.75km NE

2
Four Barrow Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 18.81km WSW

7

2
Knowle Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 18.88km ESE

4

2
The Harpstone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 18.94km ESE

7

7
Ridge Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 19.09km WSW

14

1
Hyde Hill Plantation (Tarrant Launceston)

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 19.11km NE

3
Rew Lane

Round Barrow(s) • 19.18km WSW

3

2
Winterborne St Martin Disc Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 19.21km WSW

1
Grove Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 19.58km WSW

1

2
Pigeon House

Long Barrow • 19.6km WSW

2
Launceston Down South Group

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 19.61km NE

3
Hog Cliff Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 19.79km W

1

2
Peak End Hill

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 19.82km W

2

1
Corfe Castle

Sacred Hill • 19.83km ESE

11

1

7

2
Windsbatch

Dyke • 19.84km SW

3

3