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Bowl barrow 550m south of Chaldon Down Buildings is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery in Dorset. The monument comprises a simple bowl-shaped earthwork typical of Bronze Age funerary practice, when such mounds were raised over cremated or inhumed remains. As a component of a larger barrow cemetery, it contributes to the archaeological understanding of Bronze Age settlement and burial patterns in this region of Dorset. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under reference number 1008520.
Bowl barrow 550m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008520. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 550m south of Chaldon Down Buildings is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008520.
Bowl barrow 550m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon 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 1008520.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 660m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery (0.1 km), Bowl barrow 650m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery (0.1 km), Two bowl barrows 560m south east of Hill Barn (0.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 550m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery'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 550m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.