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Bowl barrow 700m south of Old Turnpike is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. The site is a round mound of earth and stone characteristic of bowl barrows, the most common form of burial cairn constructed during the Bronze Age across southern Britain. Such monuments typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods, and served as focal points for ritual and commemoration within their local landscape. The barrow's preservation and official designation reflect its archaeological importance as evidence of Bronze Age funerary practices and settlement patterns in Dorset.
Bowl barrow 700m south of Old Turnpike is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015192. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 700m south of Old Turnpike is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015192.
Bowl barrow 700m south of Old Turnpike 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 1015192.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Straw Barrow (7.7 km), Group of round barrows NW of Badbury Rings (7.7 km), Section of Roman road NW of Badbury Rings (7.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 700m south of Old Turnpike'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 700m south of Old Turnpike stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.