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Bowl barrow 800m ESE of Hill Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. The barrow takes the form of a simple mound with a circular plan, characteristic of bowl barrows constructed during the Bronze Age period. Such monuments served as burial repositories, typically containing inhumations or cremations of individuals of status within their communities. This particular example contributes to the broader archaeological record of Bronze Age burial practices in the Dorset landscape, where barrow cemeteries and scattered burial mounds remain significant evidence for prehistoric settlement and social organisation.
Bowl barrow 800m ESE of Hill Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015183. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 800m ESE of Hill Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015183.
Bowl barrow 800m ESE of Hill 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 1015183.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pillow mound 80m south east of Windmill Barrow Farm (6.1 km), Windmill Barrow, a bowl barrow 40m south west of Windmill Barrow Farm (6.1 km), Two bowl barrows on Furze Hill, 800m north east of Miller's Farm (6.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 800m ESE of Hill Farm'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 800m ESE of Hill Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.