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Bowl barrow 500m west of Worgret Manor Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the Worgret Heath round barrow cemetery in Dorset. The monument is situated as an outlier to the main cemetery group and survives as a bowl-shaped earthwork, a common form of round barrow built during the Bronze Age for the burial of individuals of elevated status. The barrow contributes to the archaeological evidence for prehistoric funerary practices in the Dorset heathlands, an area notable for its concentration of Bronze Age burial monuments. Its scheduled status reflects its significance as part of a broader landscape of ritual and burial sites spanning the second millennium before Christ.
Bowl barrow 500m west of Worgret Manor Farm, forming an outlier of the Worgret Heath round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014288. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 500m west of Worgret Manor Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the Worgret Heath round barrow cemetery in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014288.
Bowl barrow 500m west of Worgret Manor Farm, forming an outlier of the Worgret Heath round barrow cemetery 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 1014288.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Harp Stone (6.7 km), Flower's Barrow: a small multivallate hillfort and associated outwork on Rings Hill (7.5 km), Bowl barrow 200m south east of East Orchard (7.7 km).
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