Dorset
East Dorset District
Sixpenny Handley

Tumulus

Tumulus is an archaeological site in , , . Tumulus is situated nearby to the archaeological site , as well as near the village .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wor Barrow and Church of St Rumbold.

Archaeological site
Photo: Simon Barnes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a Neolithic long barrow on , about 1 mile east of in , 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". is situated 1,700 feet northwest of Tumulus.

Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1 mile northeast of Tumulus.

Nature reserve
Photo: Nigel Freeman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 34-hectare woodland in , , , near the boundary with . It is at grid reference SU004190, around 15 km SE of and around 3 km north of the village of , owned by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds to protect species living in the region.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge.

Village
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
or Handley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of and Pentridge, in north east , England, situated on ten miles north east of .

Hamlet
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sixpenny Handley and , in the Dorset district, in the ceremonial county of , England, lying in the north-east of the county.

Hamlet
Photo: Paul Billington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet, sometimes considered a village, in the civil parish of Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge, in the county of , near its border with , in the west of England. is situated 1½ miles northeast of Tumulus.

Tumulus

Latitude
50.95283° or 50° 57′ 10″ north
Longitude
-1.97723° or 1° 58′ 38″ west
Open location code
9C2WX23F+44
Open­Street­Map ID
way 176800204
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­meadow
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