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Bowl barrow 380m west of Holy Cross Abbey is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. The barrow survives as a simple mounded earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, the most common type of round barrow constructed during the Bronze Age. Its proximity to Holy Cross Abbey, a later medieval religious foundation, illustrates the layering of archaeological periods across the landscape. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1015790.
Bowl barrow 380m west of Holy Cross Abbey is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015790. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 380m west of Holy Cross Abbey is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015790.
Bowl barrow 380m west of Holy Cross Abbey 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 1015790.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 300m east of Alhambra (4.2 km), Bowl barrow on Knighton Heath Golf Course 320m south of Eastlands Farm (4.3 km), Bowl barrow in Gravel Hill Plantation, 340m north of Arrowsmith House (4.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 380m west of Holy Cross Abbey'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 380m west of Holy Cross Abbey stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.