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Bowl barrow 605m south west of Long Barrow Farm is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset. The monument consists of a circular earthwork typical of bowl barrow construction, comprising a dome-shaped mound surrounded by a ditch. Such barrows represent important funerary monuments from the prehistoric period and often contained burials accompanied by grave goods reflecting the social status of the interred individual. The site's survival to the present day, despite long-term agricultural use of the landscape, testifies to the enduring physical presence of these Bronze Age monuments in the Dorset countryside.
Bowl barrow 605m south west of Long Barrow Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004566. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 605m south west of Long Barrow Farm is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004566.
Bowl barrow 605m south west of Long Barrow 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 1004566.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of five round barrows on White Hill (4.4 km), Four bowl barrows 725m ESE of Wears Farm (4.4 km), Two round barrows on Wears Hill (4.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 605m south west of Long Barrow Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow 605m south west of Long Barrow Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.