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Image of Ridge Hill (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by formicaant

The two western pairs from the valley below.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 08/03/10
Image of Ridge Hill (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by formicaant

Ridge Hill barrows from the A35 roman road as it exits Dorchester, these are the central ones.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 19/09/09
Image of Ridge Hill (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by formicaant

One of the second of the central pair, it has been truncated and has a wall and a fence across it.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 03/04/07
Image of Ridge Hill (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by formicaant

The large, most westerly pair of barrows, the largest is a bell barrow. Bronkam hill is in the top left corner.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 03/04/07
Image of Ridge Hill (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by formicaant

A large low bowl barrow, very much ploughed by the look of it.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 03/04/07
Image of Ridge Hill (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by formicaant

This is probably Ridgeway no. 7, now disfigured and disrespected by a telecom mast.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 03/04/07
Image of Ridge Hill (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by formicaant

One of the southern outliers from the valley below.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 03/04/07
Image of Ridge Hill (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by formicaant

These are part of the contents of barrow no. 7, the one nearest the reservoir, in Dorset County Museum.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 16/03/2009.
Image of Ridge Hill (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by formicaant

Another pair of barrows, about two hundred yards east of the first pair.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 03/04/2007.

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Ridge Hill

This grouping of barrows bridges the gap between Bronkham hill and Gould’s hill. Access is very easy as it’s on the south west coast path .The barrows themselves vary in size and condition , depending on how much they’ve been ploughed. Most of the barrows straddle the crown of the hill , however there is a very interesting set of three to the north , which are very close together and appear to share a common ditch. At the western end of this group are two very large bowl barrows , two pairs of bell barrows and several ploughed variants. The middle section contains an excavated large bowl barrow known as Ridgeway no.7 in which a bronze knife and a gold pommel were found. Unfortunately I think this barrow now has a hideous telecom aerial planted in the middle of it. Next to the barrow with the mast on it is a very large earthwork which is a modern covered reservoir.

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