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Bowl barrow 400m south east of Melcombe Newton House

England
List entry 1014575
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1014575
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.08 hectares
Grid reference
ST 77733 01365
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 400m south east of Melcombe Newton House is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. The site consists of a circular earthwork mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a burial form prevalent in southern England during the Bronze Age, typically constructed over single or multiple inhumations. Bowl barrows such as this example represent significant archaeological evidence for prehistoric mortuary practices and settlement patterns in the county. The monument is recorded on the National Heritage List for England and remains an important element of the Bronze Age landscape archaeology of the Melcombe Newton area.

Bowl barrow 400m south east of Melcombe Newton House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014575. View the official record →

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What is Bowl barrow 400m south east of Melcombe Newton House?

Bowl barrow 400m south east of Melcombe Newton House is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014575.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 400m south east of Melcombe Newton House?

Bowl barrow 400m south east of Melcombe Newton House 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 1014575.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 400m south east of Melcombe Newton House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bell barrow and bowl barrow 580m east of Clyffe House (9.2 km), Two bowl barrows 750m east of Clyffe House (9.2 km), Two bowl barrows 640m north of Squibbs Farm (9.3 km).

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Battlefields
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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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bell barrow and bowl barrow 580m east of Clyffe House
9.2 km
Two bowl barrows 750m east of Clyffe House
9.2 km
Two bowl barrows 640m north of Squibbs Farm
9.3 km
Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 640m south of Wood Barn
9.4 km
Roman road over Thorncombe Wood and Black Heath
10.1 km
The Rainbarrows, a group of three bowl barrows on Duddle Heath
10.2 km
Bowl barrow on Puddletown Heath, 400m north east of Duck Dairy House
10.3 km
Round barrow N of Boswell's Plantation
10.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 400m south east of Melcombe Newton House

Bowl barrow 400m south east of Melcombe Newton House stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 400m south east of Melcombe Newton House

DorchesterRoman town · ~8.5 milesMaiden CastleArchaeological site · ~10.5 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~17.4 milesIlchesterRoman town · ~20.6 milesSiege of Maiden CastleBattle (43) · ~10.4 miles
Domesday entry for Melcombe, Dorset →
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