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Bowl barrow 250m north of Oak Cottage is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. The site represents a characteristic example of the bowl barrow type, a common form of burial mound constructed during the Bronze Age period. Bowl barrows typically consist of a circular earthwork surrounding a central burial deposit, and this example survives as an upstanding earthwork within the Dorset landscape. As a scheduled ancient monument, the site holds significance for understanding Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in southern England.
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 funerary monument located in Dorset, England. 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 250m north of Oak Cottage's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bowl barrow 250m north of Oak Cottage stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.