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Round barrows on Handley Hill, close to the Ackling Dyke

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Round barrows on Handley Hill, close to the Ackling Dyke
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A named place photographed at this map point in Dorset.
Roughly 150 meters in height, Handley Hill is a chalk-based upland area in Dorset, notable for its Neolithic and Bronze Age round barrows. These burial mounds are part of a wider prehistoric landscape linked to the Ackling Dyke, an ancient linear earthwork, suggesting the hill's long-standing cultural and ceremonial significance.

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Photo: Jim Champion · CC BY-SA 2.0