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Bowl barrow 500m NNW of Topparts Dairy is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. The barrow takes the form of a circular earthwork mound characteristic of Bronze Age burial practice in southern England, constructed as a permanent marker over one or more cremated or inhumed individuals. Such monuments typically date to the period between approximately 2000 and 1000 BCE, representing a significant phase of ceremonial landscape development in the county. The site's survival to the present day, despite agricultural activity across the Dorset landscape, contributes to understanding of Bronze Age settlement patterns and funerary traditions in this region.
Bowl barrow 500m NNW of Topparts Dairy is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013852. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 500m NNW of Topparts Dairy is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013852.
Bowl barrow 500m NNW of Topparts Dairy 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 1013852.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two round barrows on Wears Hill (3.3 km), St Peter's Abbey (3.4 km), Two fishponds in Oddens Wood (3.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 500m NNW of Topparts Dairy's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow 500m NNW of Topparts Dairy stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.