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Bowl barrow 250m north of Oak Cottage is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset. The site comprises a characteristic bowl-shaped mound formed by the accumulation of earth and stone over an inhumed or cremated burial, typical of funerary practices in southern England during the second millennium BC. Such monuments served as visible markers in the landscape and indicate the presence of a settled, hierarchically organised community with established burial customs. The barrow survives as an earthwork and remains an important archaeological record of Bronze Age settlement and ritual activity in the region.
Bowl barrow 250m north of Oak Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015370. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 250m north of Oak Cottage is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015370.
Bowl barrow 250m north 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 1015370.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barrow group 200m north-east of Woodman's Cross (9.7 km), Bowl barrow 350m north west of Gatehouse Farm (9.8 km), Bowl barrow 450m north-east of Baylea Farm (9.8 km).
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