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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Rainbarrows
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.3 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dorset Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Dorchester Nearest Village: Higher Bockhampton
Map Ref: SY735920
Latitude: 50.727010N Longitude: 2.376812W
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4	Short walk on a footpath
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Round Barrows in Dorset. The Rainbarrows are three bowl barrows at the top of Duddle Heath on the edge of Puddletown Forest. They were partly excavated by Edward Cunnington in 1887 and the discovered urns containing cremations are now in the Dorset County Museum.

The barrows have a connection to Dorset's most famous author, Thomas Hardy, who was born and lived in a cottage on the edge of the heath at nearby at Higher Bockington. In his books Hardy called this area of heathland "Egdon Heath", and some of it (including the part around the Rainbarrows) is being restored to heathland as part of the "Hardy's Egdon Heath Project". The Rainbarrows feature as locations in Hardy's 1878 novel The Return of the Native and his poem The Sheep Boy.

Access The barrows are on an upper terrace of a south-facing slope overlooking the Frome valley. They lie alongside a gravel track (public footpath), south of the Roman Road, within Puddletown Forest. There are several parking places around the edge of Puddletown Forest.

Thomas Hardy's cottage is a National Trust visitor attraction, and there is parking at Higher Bockhampton. To reach the Rainbarrows from Hardy's Cottage follow the signed footpath to Rushy Pond, then the Roman Road permissive path, then right along a footpath that cuts across the Roman Road (before the Roman Road heads steeply downhill).
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SY7392 : One of the Rainbarrows, Duddle Heath by Jim Champion — by Jim Champion
©2007(licence)

SY7392 : Burnt heath near the Rainbarrows, Duddle Heath by Jim Champion — by Jim Champion
©2007(licence)

SY7392 : Thomas Hardy Locations, Return of the Native by Nigel Mykura — by Nigel Mykura
©2008(licence)

SY7392 : Puddletown Forest, gate by Mike Faherty — by Mike Faherty
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SY7392 : View southwest from Duddle Heath by Jim Champion — by Jim Champion
©2007(licence)

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