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Bowl barrow 800m NNE of Gore Farm on Melbury Down is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset. The barrow survives as a circular earthwork mound typical of bowl barrows, a common funerary form across southern England during the prehistoric period. Such monuments served as focal points for ritual and burial practices within their communities, and their distribution across the landscape reflects patterns of settlement and land use in prehistoric Dorset. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1013743.
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 Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset. 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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