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Bowl barrow 800m north west of North Barn Farm on Houghton North Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated on the chalk downland of Dorset. The structure comprises a circular mound of earth and flint, typical of bowl barrow construction from the second millennium BC, which served as a burial monument for a single individual or small group interred within or beneath the mound. Such barrows are characteristic features of Bronze Age landscape organisation on the Dorset downs and represent an important phase of ritual and mortuary practice in the region. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork and is protected as a scheduled ancient monument under national heritage legislation.
Bowl barrow 800m north west of North Barn Farm on Houghton North Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013748. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 800m north west of North Barn Farm on Houghton North Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated on the chalk downland of Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013748.
Bowl barrow 800m north west of North Barn Farm on Houghton North 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 1013748.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Three bowl barrows 230m south west of Haywards Farm (9.4 km), Medieval settlement remains 800m south of Manor Farm (9.4 km), Weatherby Castle, an Iron Age hillfort 1020m north west of Ashley Barn Farm (9.6 km).
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