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Bowl barrow 500m south west of Gorcombe Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset. The barrow survives as a distinctive circular earthwork characteristic of bowl barrow type, a common funerary structure of the Bronze Age period. Bowl barrows of this form typically date from approximately 2000 to 1500 BC and functioned as burial mounds for high-status individuals. The monument's survival and designation reflect its significance as evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary practices in the region.
Bowl barrow 500m south west of Gorcombe Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014847. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 500m south west of Gorcombe Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014847.
Bowl barrow 500m south west of Gorcombe 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 1014847.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Hundred Barrow, a bowl barrow 350m south west of Chalk Pit Farm (8.9 km), Bowl barrow in Morden Park 350m south west of Hunting Bridge (9.1 km), Bell barrow on Blackhill Clump 470m north of Mintern's Ferry (9.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 500m south west of Gorcombe Farm'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 500m south west of Gorcombe Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.