Location | near Sixpenny Handley, Dorset |
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Coordinates | 50°57′15″N 1°58′31″W / 50.95417°N 1.97528°W |
OS grid reference | SU 018 172 |
History | |
Periods | Bronze Age |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | Early 19th century |
Archaeologists | Sir Richard Colt Hoare and William Cunnington |
Designated | 15 October 1924 |
Reference no. | 1002674 |
Oakley Down Barrow Cemetery is a group of Bronze Age round barrows on Cranborne Chase, about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the village of Sixpenny Handley in Dorset, England. It is a scheduled monument.[1]