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Bowl barrow 650m south east of Belhuish Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, forming part of a significant barrow cemetery to the west of Burngate Wood. The site comprises a characteristic bowl-shaped mound typical of Bronze Age burial practices, when such earthworks served as communal or individual burial monuments across southern England. As a scheduled ancient monument with national heritage designation, it contributes to the archaeological understanding of Bronze Age settlement and mortuary practice in the Dorset landscape. The barrow group of which it forms part represents an important concentration of prehistoric funerary remains in this region.
Bowl barrow 650m south east of Belhuish Farm: one of a group of barrows to the west of Burngate Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008455. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 650m south east of Belhuish Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, forming part of a significant barrow cemetery to the west of Burngate Wood. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008455.
Bowl barrow 650m south east of Belhuish Farm: one of a group of barrows to the west of Burngate Wood 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 1008455.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bindon Hill camp (2.3 km), Bowl barrow on Hambury Tout: the eastern of two round barrows on Hambury Tout (2.7 km), Bell barrow on Hambury Tout: the western of two round barrows on Hambury Tout (2.7 km).
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