Wor Barrow

Wor Barrow is a Neolithic long barrow on Cranborne Chase, near Sixpenny Handley in Dorset [1]. Excavated by Augustus Pitt Rivers in 1893-94, it was the first Neolithic long barrow completely excavated and recorded to modern standards [1] [2]. Radiocarbon dating places the primary burials in the 37th century BC [2] [3]. Six adult males under 45 were found within a timber mortuary enclosure [1] [2]. The barrow had two construction phases: first a rectangular ditched mortuary enclosure, then a chalk mound covering the entire structure [1] [2].