Wor Barrow
Wor Barrow is a Neolithic long barrow on Cranborne Chase, about 1 mile 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".Photo: Simon Barnes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site in Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Wor Barrow and two bowl barrows on Handley Down”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Garston Wood and Church of St Mary.
Garston Wood
Nature reserve
Photo: Nigel Freeman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Garston Wood is a 34-hectare woodland nature reserve in Cranborne Chase, Dorset, England, near the boundary with Wiltshire. It is at grid reference SU004190, around 15 km SE of Shaftesbury and around 3 km north of the village of Sixpenny Handley, owned by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds to protect species living in the region.
Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary is situated 1 mile west of Wor Barrow.
Bokerley Dyke
Historic site
Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bokerley Dyke, Bokerly Dyke, Bokerley Ditch, is a linear earthwork 5.75 kilometres long on Cranborne Chase in Dorset, partially running along the county's border with Hampshire between Woodyates and Martin. Bokerley Dyke is situated 2½ miles northeast of Wor Barrow.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge.
Sixpenny Handley
Village
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sixpenny Handley or Handley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge, in north east Dorset, England, situated on Cranborne Chase ten miles north east of Blandford Forum.
Pentridge
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pentridge is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge, in the Dorset district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England, lying in the north-east of the county.
Woodyates
Hamlet
Photo: Paul Billington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woodyates is a hamlet, sometimes considered a village, in the civil parish of Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge, in the county of Dorset, near its border with Wiltshire, in the west of England. Woodyates is situated 1½ miles northeast of Wor Barrow.
Wor Barrow
- Categories: bowl barrow, long barrow, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Sixpenny Handley, East Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.95498° or 50° 57′ 18″ northLongitude
-1.98377° or 1° 59′ 2″ westOpen location code
9C2WX238+XFOpenStreetMap ID
way 176800223OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q17671858
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