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Bell barrow and seven bowl barrows is a dispersed round barrow cemetery on Worgret Heath in Dorset, forming a Bronze Age burial landscape dating to the second millennium BCE. The monument comprises eight barrows arranged across the heath, with one larger bell barrow—distinguished by its central mound surrounded by a ditch and outer bank—accompanied by seven smaller bowl barrows of typical hemispherical form. This grouping represents a characteristic pattern of Early and Middle Bronze Age funerary practice, when such mounded burial sites were established singly or in small clusters across the Dorset heathlands. The barrows survive as earthwork remains and constitute evidence of prehistoric settlement and ritual activity in this region.
Bell barrow and seven bowl barrows, forming a dispersed round barrow cemetery on Worgret Heath, 645m north west of Worgret Manor Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018188. View the official record →
Bell barrow and seven bowl barrows is a dispersed round barrow cemetery on Worgret Heath in Dorset, forming a Bronze Age burial landscape dating to the second millennium BCE. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018188.
Bell barrow and seven bowl barrows, forming a dispersed round barrow cemetery on Worgret Heath, 645m north west of Worgret Manor Farm 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 1018188.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Harp Stone (6.9 km), Flower's Barrow: a small multivallate hillfort and associated outwork on Rings Hill (7.7 km), Bowl barrow 200m south east of East Orchard (7.9 km).
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