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Bowl barrow 210m west of Oak Cottage

England
List entry 1015368
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015368
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
SY 85937 95072
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 210m west of Oak Cottage is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. The site represents a typical example of the round barrow tradition prevalent during the Bronze Age, when such earthen mounds were constructed as burial monuments for individuals of some social standing. The barrow survives as a roughly circular mound that would originally have contained a central burial chamber or grave cut into the natural ground surface, with material heaped over it to create the characteristic dome-shaped form. Such monuments are widely distributed across Dorset and the broader landscape of southern England, serving as important archaeological evidence for Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns.

Bowl barrow 210m west of Oak Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015368. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 210m west of Oak Cottage?

Bowl barrow 210m west of Oak Cottage is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015368.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 210m west of Oak Cottage?

Bowl barrow 210m west of Oak Cottage 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 1015368.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 210m west of Oak Cottage?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barrow group 200m north-east of Woodman's Cross (9.4 km), Bowl barrow 350m north west of Gatehouse Farm (9.4 km), Bowl barrow 450m north-east of Baylea Farm (9.5 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
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Civil War
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Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Barrow group 200m north-east of Woodman's Cross
9.4 km
Bowl barrow 350m north west of Gatehouse Farm
9.4 km
Bowl barrow 450m north-east of Baylea Farm
9.5 km
Romano-British settlement site
9.7 km
Bell barrow 670m east of Baylea Farm: one of a small group of barrows on Highwood Heath
9.7 km
Medieval settlement 350m east of West Burton Dairy
9.8 km
Six bowl barrows on Blacknoll Hill
10.2 km
Bowl barrow 520m south east of Nutley Farm
10.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 210m west of Oak Cottage

Bowl barrow 210m west of Oak Cottage stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 210m west of Oak Cottage

DorchesterRoman town · ~10.7 milesMaiden CastleArchaeological site · ~12.5 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~23.5 milesSiege of Maiden CastleBattle (43) · ~12.5 miles
Domesday entry for Bere, Dorset →
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