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Bowl barrow 250m west of Ferndown Upper School is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset. The barrow survives as a substantial earthwork mound and forms part of the broader landscape of prehistoric funerary monuments in the Ferndown area, which contains evidence of settlement and ceremonial activity spanning multiple periods. Such bowl barrows are characteristic of Bronze Age burial practice, typically constructed to contain cremated or inhumed remains and often situated within ceremonially significant locations. The monument's survival as an upstanding earthwork makes it an important archaeological resource for understanding Bronze Age mortuary customs and settlement patterns in Dorset.
Bowl barrow 250m west of Ferndown Upper School is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015791. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 250m west of Ferndown Upper School is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015791.
Bowl barrow 250m west of Ferndown Upper School 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 1015791.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bell barrow known as Belle Vue Barrow, and a bowl barrow 250m north east of Hillamsland (2.2 km), Dudsbury camp (3 km), Bowl barrow on Knighton Heath Golf Course 320m south of Eastlands Farm (5.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 250m west of Ferndown Upper School'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 west of Ferndown Upper School stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.