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Bowl barrow 100m north west of Studland Bay House is a prehistoric funerary monument situated in the Studland area of Dorset. The barrow dates to the Bronze Age and represents a significant burial practice of this period, when such earthen mounds were constructed over graves to commemorate the dead. The monument survives as a bowl-shaped earthwork, characteristic of this barrow type, which typically consists of a central burial chamber or pit covered by a low mound of earth. As a designated heritage asset on the National Heritage List for England, it constitutes important archaeological evidence for Bronze Age settlement and mortuary practices in the Purbeck region.
Bowl barrow 100m north west of Studland Bay House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014298. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 100m north west of Studland Bay House is a prehistoric funerary monument situated in the Studland area of Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014298.
Bowl barrow 100m north west of Studland Bay 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 1014298.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of three round barrows on Ballard Down (1.9 km), Bowl barrow at the eastern end of Ballard Down (2 km), The Ulwell Barrow 400m N of Sheperds Farm (2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 100m north west of Studland Bay House'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.
Bowl barrow 100m north west of Studland Bay House stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.