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Bowl barrow 760m south west of Afflington Barn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset. The barrow survives as a circular earthwork mound of modest dimensions, characteristic of the bowl barrow form which represents one of the most common types of prehistoric funerary monument across southern England. Such monuments typically date from the third and second millennia before the present, serving as durable markers of ancestral burial sites within the landscape. The site's designation as a scheduled monument reflects its archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and mortuary practices in the county.
Bowl barrow 760m south west of Afflington Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016935. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 760m south west of Afflington Barn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016935.
Bowl barrow 760m south west of Afflington 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 1016935.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows 350m and 410m south of Afflington Barn (0.4 km), Bowl barrow on North Hill, 400m north east of Renscombe Farm (0.5 km), Kingston Down Romano-British farm (1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 760m south west of Afflington Barn's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow 760m south west of Afflington Barn stands on Portland Group, bedrock that formed in the Portlandian. The rock here is limestone and calcareous sandstone.