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Bowl barrow 600m south of Whitcombe Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. The barrow survives as a rounded earthwork mound typical of bowl barrow form, a common funerary monument type constructed during the Bronze Age. Such monuments were erected to mark the burial places of individuals or small groups and often contained inhumed or cremated remains alongside grave goods. The barrow's survival in the Dorset landscape provides evidence of Bronze Age burial practices and the ceremonial importance placed upon monumental sepulture during this period.
Bowl barrow 600m south of Whitcombe Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019412. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 600m south of Whitcombe Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019412.
Bowl barrow 600m south of Whitcombe 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 1019412.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sandy Barrow W of East Farm Dairy (5.2 km), Romano-Celtic temple and associated remains at Jordan Hill (5.8 km), Medieval settlement at West Ringstead (6.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 600m south of Whitcombe Farm'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 600m south of Whitcombe Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.