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Bowl barrow 570m south east of Heatherdown is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. The site consists of a characteristic rounded mound typical of bowl barrows, the simplest and most common form of Bronze Age barrow construction, which functioned as a burial chamber for cremated or inhumed remains. Such barrows are distributed widely across the Dorset landscape and represent significant evidence of Bronze Age funerary practice and settlement patterns. The monument remains a scheduled ancient monument, preserving important archaeological evidence of prehistoric burial customs and land use in the region.
Bowl barrow 570m south east of Heatherdown is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020736. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 570m south east of Heatherdown is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020736.
Bowl barrow 570m south east of Heatherdown 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 1020736.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The southwestern of two bowl barrows in Burngate Wood; 320m south west of Limekiln Cottages (9 km), Bowl barrow 650m south east of Belhuish Farm: one of a group of barrows to the west of Burngate Wood (9.4 km), Bowl barrow 1000m SSE of Belhuish Farm: one of a group of barrows to the west of Burngate Wood (9.9 km).
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