Bowl barrow

Wor Barrow and two bowl barrows on Handley Down

United Kingdom Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge scheduled monument

About

Wor Barrow is a Neolithic long barrow on Cranborne Chase, about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Sixpenny Handley in Dorset, England. It is a scheduled monument. Its excavation by Augustus Pitt Rivers in 1893–1894 has been described as "an important event in the study of British archaeology".

Details

Type: Bowl barrow
Country: United Kingdom
Located in: Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge
Heritage: scheduled monument
HE listing: 1020066
Coordinates: 50.95520, -1.98385
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