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Bowl barrow 600m north east of Beacon Farm

England
List entry 1015996
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015996
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.15 hectares
Grid reference
SZ 06806 99487
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 600m north east of Beacon Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Dorset. The monument comprises a circular earthen mound, the characteristic form of a bowl barrow, which represents one of the most common funerary monuments of the Bronze Age period in southern England. Such barrows typically covered inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods, and frequently formed part of larger barrow cemeteries that marked important territories or settlement areas. The survival of this monument demonstrates the archaeological value of Bronze Age burial practices in the Dorset landscape.

Bowl barrow 600m north east of Beacon Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015996. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 600m north east of Beacon Farm?

Bowl barrow 600m north east of Beacon Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015996.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 600m north east of Beacon Farm?

Bowl barrow 600m north east of Beacon 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 1015996.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 600m north east of Beacon Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Knighton Heath Golf Course 320m south of Eastlands Farm (4.1 km), Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 650m south of southern corner of New Covert (4.7 km), Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 300m east of Alhambra (4.9 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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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow on Knighton Heath Golf Course 320m south of Eastlands Farm
4.1 km
Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 650m south of southern corner of New Covert
4.7 km
Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 300m east of Alhambra
4.9 km
Bowl barrow in Gravel Hill Plantation, 340m north of Arrowsmith House
5.3 km
Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 730m south east of Alhambra
5.3 km
Two bowl barrows in Arrowsmith Coppice 200m south of Arrowsmith House
5.6 km
Bowl barrow cemetery and four other bowl barrows on Canford Heath
5.6 km
Bowl barrow on Dunyeat's Hill 650m south west of Arrowsmith House
6.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 600m north east of Beacon Farm

Bowl barrow 600m north east of Beacon Farm stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 600m north east of Beacon Farm

Old SarumArchaeological site · ~21.1 milesDorchesterRoman town · ~23.9 miles
Domesday entry for Dudsbury, Dorset →
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