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Bowl barrow 660m south of Chaldon Down Buildings is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery in Dorset. The monument survives as a bowl-shaped earthwork typical of funerary monuments constructed during the Bronze Age, when such barrows served as visible markers for the burial of elite individuals and their grave goods. Located within a cemetery containing multiple round barrows, this site contributes to the wider archaeological understanding of Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in the region. The barrow is protected as a scheduled monument, reflecting its historical importance to the archaeological record of Dorset.
Bowl barrow 660m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008521. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 660m south of Chaldon Down Buildings is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008521.
Bowl barrow 660m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery 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 1008521.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 650m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery (0.1 km), Two bowl barrows 560m south east of Hill Barn (0.5 km), Two bowl barrows 200m south east of Hill Barn: two of a group of three barrows (0.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 660m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery'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 660m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.