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Bowl barrow 200m south east of East Orchard is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. The barrow takes the form of a circular earthwork mound characteristic of early Bronze Age burial practices in southern England, typically dating to between 2200 and 1500 BCE. Such monuments served as prominent landscape features marking the graves of individuals or small family groups and often contained inhumation burials, sometimes accompanied by grave goods. The barrow's survival in the archaeological record provides evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and mortuary practice in the Dorset landscape.
Bowl barrow 200m south east of East Orchard is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016936. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 200m south east of East Orchard is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016936.
Bowl barrow 200m south east of East Orchard 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 1016936.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Swyre Head (2.4 km), Kingston Down Romano-British farm (2.8 km), Two bowl barrows 350m and 410m south of Afflington Barn (2.9 km).
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