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Bell barrow in Highfield Plantation is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Dorset, England. The barrow is distinguished by its characteristic bell-shaped mound with a defined ditch, a form typical of Bronze Age elite burials dating to the second millennium BCE. Immediately to the northwest, two bowl barrows near Forty Acre Plantation represent a complementary funerary landscape of the same period, with their simpler hemispherical form reflecting variations in burial practice across the Bronze Age. These monuments together form part of Dorset's substantial heritage of prehistoric burial mounds, which survive as important archaeological indicators of Bronze Age settlement patterns and ritual practices in southern England.
Bell barrow in Highfield Plantation and two bowl barrows immediately north west of Forty Acre Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019415. View the official record →
Bell barrow in Highfield Plantation is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019415.
Bell barrow in Highfield Plantation and two bowl barrows immediately north west of Forty Acre Plantation 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 1019415.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cross-ridge dyke on Windsbatch (6.8 km), Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill (7.5 km), Group of barrows on West Hill (8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bell barrow in Highfield Plantation and two bowl barrows immediately north west of Forty Acre Plantation's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bell barrow in Highfield Plantation and two bowl barrows immediately north west of Forty Acre Plantation stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.