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Bowl barrow 1km south west of Manor Farm

England
List entry 1015051
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015051
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.07 hectares
Grid reference
ST 56057 00221
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 1km south west of Manor Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. The barrow is a burial mound of typical bowl form, a common sepulchral structure dating to the Bronze Age period. Such monuments represent significant examples of prehistoric mortuary practice and ritual landscape development in southern England. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1015051, reflecting its archaeological and historical importance as a surviving example of Bronze Age burial architecture.

Bowl barrow 1km south west of Manor Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015051. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 1km south west of Manor Farm?

Bowl barrow 1km south west of Manor Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015051.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 1km south west of Manor Farm?

Bowl barrow 1km south west of 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 1015051.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 1km south west of Manor Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 770m north of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down (9.9 km), Long mound and three bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery 760m NNE of Whatcombe House on the south western part of Black Down (10 km), Bowl barrow 200m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot forming part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery (10.2 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 770m north of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
9.9 km
Long mound and three bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery 760m NNE of Whatcombe House on the south western part of Black Down
10 km
Bowl barrow 200m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot forming part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
10.2 km
Bowl barrow 680m north east of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
10.2 km
Cross dyke 600m north of Pitcombe Farm
10.2 km
Bowl barrow 600m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
10.3 km
Standing stone called The Broad Stone
10.4 km
Disc barrow 500m south east of Winterbourne Poor Lot
10.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 1km south west of Manor Farm

Bowl barrow 1km south west of Manor Farm stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 1km south west of Manor Farm

Maiden CastleArchaeological site · ~9.9 milesDorchesterRoman town · ~10.1 milesIlchesterRoman town · ~14.1 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~16.1 milesSiege of Maiden CastleBattle (43) · ~9.9 milesBattle of Langport 1645Battle (1645) · ~18.6 miles
Domesday entry for Kingcombe, Dorset →
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