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Bowl barrow 550m north east of Pitcombe Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated within the Black Down round barrow cemetery in Dorset. The barrow takes the form of a simple earthen mound characteristic of Bronze Age burial practices in southern England, dating to the second millennium before Christ. As part of the larger cemetery complex on Black Down, it represents one of numerous contemporary burial monuments clustered in this landscape, indicating sustained ritual and funerary activity across the Bronze Age period. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork and remains archaeologically significant as evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and mortuary practices in the Dorset landscape.
Bowl barrow 550m north east of Pitcombe Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011694. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 550m north east of Pitcombe Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated within the Black Down round barrow cemetery in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011694.
Bowl barrow 550m north east of Pitcombe Farm, part of the Black Down 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 1011694.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two round barrows on Wears Hill (4.6 km), St Peter's Abbey (5.2 km), Round barrow E of The Buildings (5.2 km).
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