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Bowl Barrow 700m East of South Eggardon Farm is a scheduled monument located in Dorset, occupying 0.06 hectares and protected by Historic England under reference 1003061. The barrow sits upon the White Chalk Subgroup bedrock, chalk formed during the Maastrichtian period approximately 72 to 66 million years ago. This geological foundation of pale friable chalk would have been readily available to the monument's builders and characterises the chalk downlands of this region.
The bowl barrow represents a burial monument of the Bronze Age, constructed as a simple earthen mound with a circular ditch around its base. Monuments of this type are scattered across the Dorset landscape, with many occupying prominent or subtle topographical positions across the chalk plateaux and valleys. The simplified form—an unadorned raised mound—distinguishes bowl barrows from the more elaborate bell or disc barrows found elsewhere in southern England.
Situated at grid reference SY 54271 93718 near South Eggardon Farm in the east of the county, this barrow remains a discrete archaeological resource. Its protection as a scheduled monument reflects the significance of such burial sites in understanding Bronze Age settlement and mortuary practices across southern Britain. The surrounding chalk terrain would have supported mixed agricultural use by the monument's builders and subsequent communities.
Bowl barrow 700m east of South Eggardon Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003061. View the official record →
Bowl Barrow 700m East of South Eggardon Farm is a scheduled monument located in Dorset, occupying 0.06 hectares and protected by Historic England under reference 1003061.
Bowl barrow 700m east of South Eggardon 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 1003061.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two round barrows on Wears Hill (7.7 km), Dyke on Wears Hill (7.9 km), Four bowl barrows 725m ESE of Wears Farm (7.9 km).
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Bowl barrow 700m east of South Eggardon Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.