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Bowl barrow 25m south of Whitechurch Hill Barn

England

List entry 1013788

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1013788

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.07 hectares

Grid reference

ST 85452 00453

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 25m south of Whitechurch Hill Barn is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. The barrow survives as a rounded earthwork characteristic of bowl barrow form, the most common type of Bronze Age funerary mound in southern England, typically constructed between approximately 2200 and 1500 BCE. Its location in the Dorset landscape reflects the wider pattern of Bronze Age burial distribution across the region, where such monuments served as focal points for communities and were often positioned on elevated or prominent terrain. The monument is recorded under National Heritage List for England entry 1013788 and remains an important archaeological resource for understanding Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in Dorset.

Bowl barrow 25m south of Whitechurch Hill Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013788. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 25m south of Whitechurch Hill Barn?

Bowl barrow 25m south of Whitechurch Hill Barn is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013788.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 25m south of Whitechurch Hill Barn?

Bowl barrow 25m south of Whitechurch Hill Barn 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 1013788.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 25m south of Whitechurch Hill Barn?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 570m south east of Heatherdown (8.8 km), Bell barrow in Millicent's Plantation (9.1 km), Bowl barrow on Warren Heath, 350m south west of Warren House (9.5 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

Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.

Local Names

What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.

Historical Maps

Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.

Literature

The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.

Legal

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 570m south east of Heatherdown

8.8 km

Bell barrow in Millicent's Plantation

9.1 km

Bowl barrow on Warren Heath, 350m south west of Warren House

9.5 km

Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 970m south east of Wood Barn

9.5 km

Bowl barrow in East Plantation on Turner's Puddle Heath

9.5 km

Bowl barrow on Gallows Hill

9.5 km

Two bowl barrows on Turner's Puddle Heath, 480m and 540m north east of Lawrence of Arabia's Cottage

9.7 km

Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 650m south east of Wood Barn

9.8 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 25m south of Whitechurch Hill Barn

Bowl barrow 25m south of Whitechurch Hill Barn stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 25m south of Whitechurch Hill Barn

DorchesterRoman town · ~11.7 miles Maiden CastleArchaeological site · ~13.7 miles Cadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~20.7 miles IlchesterRoman town · ~24.8 miles Siege of Maiden CastleBattle (43) · ~13.7 miles

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