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Bell barrow 100m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot is a Bronze Age funerary monument forming part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery in Dorset. The barrow is a bell-shaped mound characteristic of Bronze Age elite burial practice, distinguished by a raised central mound surrounded by a ditch with an external bank. This form of barrow construction, typical of the Middle to Late Bronze Age, indicates the elevated status of its interred occupant within prehistoric society. The barrow remains a significant archaeological feature within the wider cemetery complex, which preserves evidence of ritual and mortuary practice across the Bronze Age period.
Bell barrow 100m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012027. View the official record →
Bell barrow 100m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot is a Bronze Age funerary monument forming part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012027.
Bell barrow 100m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery 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 1012027.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two round barrows on Wears Hill (5.2 km), Round barrow E of The Buildings (5.2 km), St Peter's Abbey (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bell barrow 100m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bell barrow 100m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.