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Bowl barrow 650m south of The Friary of St Francis is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. The site is recorded as a simple bowl barrow, a common form of burial mound characteristic of prehistoric burial practices in southern England. Its proximity to the later medieval friary suggests a landscape of long-standing ritual and settlement significance. The barrow survives as an earthwork feature and remains of archaeological interest for understanding the prehistoric use of the Dorset landscape.
Bowl barrow 650m south of The Friary of St Francis is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017925. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 650m south of The Friary of St Francis is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017925.
Bowl barrow 650m south of The Friary of St Francis 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 1017925.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow on Stratton Down (8.4 km), Multi-period landscape including an Iron Age or Romano British settlement, part of an associated field system, six bowl barrows and an enclosure 600m south east of Langford Farm (8.5 km), Frampton Roman villa (8.7 km).
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