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Bowl barrow 240m north east of Martin's Farm Bungalow

England
List entry 1015787
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015787
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
SU 06539 08903
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 240m north east of Martin's Farm Bungalow is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset. The barrow survives as a substantial earthwork consisting of a mound with a distinct bowl-shaped profile, characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practice in southern England. Such monuments typically date from the second millennium BCE and served as focal points for burial and ritual activity within their surrounding landscape. The site is preserved as a scheduled monument, reflecting its archaeological importance and the rarity of well-preserved barrows from this period.

Bowl barrow 240m north east of Martin's Farm Bungalow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015787. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 240m north east of Martin's Farm Bungalow?

Bowl barrow 240m north east of Martin's Farm Bungalow is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015787.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 240m north east of Martin's Farm Bungalow?

Bowl barrow 240m north east of Martin's Farm Bungalow 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 1015787.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 240m north east of Martin's Farm Bungalow?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 380m west of Holy Cross Abbey (8.7 km), Bowl barrow 25m north west of Stapehill Village Hall (8.7 km), Bowl barrow 270m south east of Holy Cross Abbey (8.9 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
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 380m west of Holy Cross Abbey
8.7 km
Bowl barrow 25m north west of Stapehill Village Hall
8.7 km
Bowl barrow 270m south east of Holy Cross Abbey
8.9 km
Bowl barrow 600m north east of Beacon Farm
9.4 km
Bell barrow 500m north east of Beacon Farm
9.5 km
Two bowl barrows at Gibbet Firs, 950m south west and 1080m south west of Palmers Ford Works
9.7 km
Section of Roman Road 150m south of Park Farm Cottages
9.8 km
Bowl barrow on Poor Common 370m north east of Holmwood
10 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 240m north east of Martin's Farm Bungalow

Bowl barrow 240m north east of Martin's Farm Bungalow stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 240m north east of Martin's Farm Bungalow

Old SarumArchaeological site · ~15.5 milesStonehengeArchaeological site · ~21 miles
Domesday entry for Edmondsham, Dorset →
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