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Bowl barrow 560m NNE of North Down Barn

England
List entry 1014853
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1014853
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.07 hectares
Grid reference
SY 85179 99601
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 560m NNE of North Down Barn is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. The barrow survives as a substantial earthwork mound characteristic of the bowl barrow type, a common funerary structure erected during the Bronze Age period across southern Britain. Such monuments typically contained inhumation or cremation burials accompanied by grave goods, though specific details of this particular example's contents remain undocumented in readily available sources. The site's survival as a recognisable archaeological feature demonstrates the significance of Dorset's barrow landscape, which preserves substantial evidence of Bronze Age mortuary practice and social organisation.

Bowl barrow 560m NNE of North Down Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014853. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 560m NNE of North Down Barn?

Bowl barrow 560m NNE of North Down Barn is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014853.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 560m NNE of North Down Barn?

Bowl barrow 560m NNE of North Down Barn 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 1014853.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 560m NNE of North Down Barn?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 570m south east of Heatherdown (7.9 km), Bell barrow in Millicent's Plantation (8.2 km), Bowl barrow in East Plantation on Turner's Puddle Heath (8.6 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 570m south east of Heatherdown
7.9 km
Bell barrow in Millicent's Plantation
8.2 km
Bowl barrow in East Plantation on Turner's Puddle Heath
8.6 km
Bowl barrow on Warren Heath, 350m south west of Warren House
8.6 km
Bowl barrow on Gallows Hill
8.6 km
Two bowl barrows on Turner's Puddle Heath, 480m and 540m north east of Lawrence of Arabia's Cottage
8.9 km
Two bowl barrows on Clouds Hill, 90m south west of Lawrence of Arabia's Cottage
9.2 km
Two bowl barrows 640m north of Squibbs Farm
9.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 560m NNE of North Down Barn

Bowl barrow 560m NNE of North Down Barn stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 560m NNE of North Down Barn

DorchesterRoman town · ~11.3 milesMaiden CastleArchaeological site · ~13.3 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~21 milesIlchesterRoman town · ~25 milesSiege of Maiden CastleBattle (43) · ~13.3 miles
Domesday entry for Winterborne, Dorset →
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