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Bowl barrow 380m west of Whitfield Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. The barrow takes the form of a circular earthwork with a raised central mound typical of bowl barrow construction, a burial monument type prevalent in southern England during the Bronze Age period. Such monuments served as communal or individual burial places and are important archaeological indicators of Bronze Age settlement and ceremonial practice in the landscape. The site's designation as a nationally important heritage monument reflects its archaeological significance as part of the broader Bronze Age funerary landscape of Dorset.
Bowl barrow 380m west of Whitfield Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019639. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 380m west of Whitfield Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019639.
Bowl barrow 380m west of Whitfield Farm 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 1019639.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill (7.1 km), Multi-period archaeological landscape centred on and including a slight univallate hillfort called Chalbury, two bowl barrows, part of a Bronze Age urnfield and a series of medieval strip fields (8 km), Group of barrows E of Northdown Barn (8.1 km).
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