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A bowl barrow 500m north-east of Oak Tree Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Coombe Heath in Dorset. The barrow forms part of a significant grouping of burial mounds distributed across the heath, reflecting the concentrated use of this landscape for elite and communal interment during the Bronze Age period. The monument survives as a circular earthwork of characteristic bowl barrow form, comprising a burial mound surrounded by a ditch, typical of the funerary architecture employed in southern England during the second millennium BCE. As a scheduled ancient monument and entry on the National Heritage List for England, the site contributes to understanding Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in the Dorset Heathland.
A bowl barrow 500m north-east of Oak Tree Farm: one of a number of barrows on Coombe Heath is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008025. View the official record →
A bowl barrow 500m north-east of Oak Tree Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Coombe Heath in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008025.
A bowl barrow 500m north-east of Oak Tree Farm: one of a number of barrows on Coombe Heath is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1008025.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two barrows known as 'Ferny Barrows' 500m west of Whiteway Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery to the south-east of East Lulworth (3.4 km), Round barrow cemetery south-east of East Lulworth 550m north-east of Monastery Farm (3.6 km), Round barrow on Boat Knoll (3.8 km).
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A bowl barrow 500m north-east of Oak Tree Farm: one of a number of barrows on Coombe Heath stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.