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Flower's Barrow

Flower's Barrow

Flower's Barrow is an Iron Agehillfort, built over 2,500 years ago on Rings Hill, above Worbarrow Bay in Dorset on the south coast of England. It is located about 11 miles (18 km) west of Swanage and about 6.25 miles (10 km) southwest of Wareham. It is within the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site and the Dorset National Landscape area.

Towering to the north over Worbarrow Bay is Flower's Barrow ridge, part of the Purbeck Hills, a chalk ridge which runs east to Ballard Point north of Swanage. The ancient hillfort of Flower's Barrow rises behind the beach at Arish Mell. The hill lies directly west of the ghost village of Tyneham. Flower's Barrow has a limited future because the southern part is falling into the sea at Worbarrow Bay due to coastal erosion. Probably more than half of it has already disappeared.