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The bowl barrows on Golden Cap are a Bronze Age funerary monument group situated on the Dorset coast near St Gabriel's House. These four barrows represent the characteristic burial mounds of the early-to-mid Bronze Age period, when such earthworks served as communal or individual graves for prominent members of society. Bowl barrows of this type are among the most numerous prehistoric monuments in southern England, distinguished by their simple hemispherical form created by the accumulation of earth and stone over burials. The Golden Cap examples form part of the broader Bronze Age archaeological landscape of the Dorset uplands, where similar barrow groups cluster along the ridgelines and elevated coastal terrain, providing evidence of settlement patterns and territorial organisation in prehistoric Wessex.
A group of four bowl barrows on Golden Cap 515m south east and 630m south east of St Gabriel's House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016373. View the official record →
The bowl barrows on Golden Cap are a Bronze Age funerary monument group situated on the Dorset coast near St Gabriel's House. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016373.
A group of four bowl barrows on Golden Cap 515m south east and 630m south east of St Gabriel's House 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 1016373.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Gabriel's Church (0.6 km), Chideock Castle: a moated site and associated features 520m south west of Chideock Manor (1.8 km), Three bowl barrows on High Bullen 230m south west of Hazelbower (2 km).
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