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Bowl barrow 550m WNW of Dowerfield House is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. The site is a typical example of the bowl barrow form, a simple mounded burial structure that was widespread across southern England during the Bronze Age period. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents an important record of prehistoric burial practice and settlement patterns in the region. The barrow survives as an earthwork in the modern landscape, contributing to the archaeological evidence for Bronze Age communities in Dorset.
Bowl barrow 550m WNW of Dowerfield House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003231. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 550m WNW of Dowerfield House is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003231.
Bowl barrow 550m WNW of Dowerfield House 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 1003231.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Four bowl barrows 725m ESE of Wears Farm (5.1 km), Two round barrows on Wears Hill (5.1 km), Group of five round barrows on White Hill (5.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 550m WNW of Dowerfield House'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 WNW of Dowerfield House stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.