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Bowl barrow 570m south of Plantation Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. The site consists of a circular earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, a common funerary structure type found throughout southern England dating to the Bronze Age period. Such monuments typically comprised a mound of earth and chalk covering one or more inhumation burials, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status and beliefs of the interred individual or community. The barrow's survival as an upstanding earthwork preserves evidence of Bronze Age funerary practices and settlement patterns in the Dorset landscape.
Bowl barrow 570m south of Plantation Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015189. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 570m south of Plantation Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015189.
Bowl barrow 570m south of Plantation 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 1015189.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of round barrows NW of Badbury Rings (8.7 km), Group of round barrows on King Down (8.8 km), Straw Barrow (8.9 km).
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