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Bowl barrow 800m NNE of Gore Farm on Melbury Down is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. The barrow takes the form of a rounded earthen mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a common funerary monument type constructed during the Bronze Age. Such barrows typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the social status of the interred individual. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork on Melbury Down and remains a significant archaeological record of Bronze Age settlement and burial practice in the Dorset landscape.
Bowl barrow 800m NNE of Gore Farm on Melbury Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013743. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 800m NNE of Gore Farm on Melbury Down is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013743.
Bowl barrow 800m NNE of Gore Farm on Melbury Down 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 1013743.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pimperne Long Barrow (8.7 km), Hod Hill camp and Lydsbury Rings (8.9 km), Bowl barrow 200m south east of Pimperne Long Barrow (8.9 km).
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