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Bowl barrow 70m south east of West End Barn is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. The site consists of a simple earthen mound of circular plan, characteristic of bowl barrows constructed during the Bronze Age, typically dating from around 2000 to 1500 BC. Such monuments served as burial places for individuals of status within prehistoric communities and often contained inhumations or cremations accompanied by grave goods. The barrow survives as an upstanding earthwork and forms part of the broader landscape of Bronze Age funerary monuments documented across Dorset.
Bowl barrow 70m south east of West End Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014854. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 70m south east of West End Barn is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014854.
Bowl barrow 70m south east of West End Barn 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 1014854.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthwork in Bowley's Plantation (8.6 km), Bell barrow and two bowl barrows on Old Knowle, 835m NNW of Whitcombe Vale Farm (8.6 km), Barrow S of Tinker's Barrow Plantation (8.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 70m south east of West End Barn's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow 70m south east of West End Barn stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.