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Bowl barrow 550m north west of Bulbarrow Farm is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset. The monument survives as an earthwork of typical bowl barrow form, comprising a circular mound of earth and stone raised over a central burial or burials. Such barrows are characteristic funerary monuments of prehistoric Britain, with examples of this type generally dating from the Neolithic period through to the Bronze Age. The site's preservation as an upstanding earthwork contributes to the archaeological record of ritual burial practices and settlement patterns in Dorset during prehistory.
Bowl barrow 550m north west of Bulbarrow Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013786. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 550m north west of Bulbarrow Farm is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013786.
Bowl barrow 550m north west of Bulbarrow 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 1013786.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows on Lord's Down 580m south east of Crawthorne Farm (9.1 km), Three bowl barrows 380m west of West End Barn (9.2 km), Bowl barrow 70m south east of West End Barn (9.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 550m north west of Bulbarrow Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow 550m north west of Bulbarrow Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.