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Bowl barrow 800m south of Kingston Russell Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument forming part of an extensive round barrow cemetery distributed across the south-western portion of Black Down in Dorset. The barrow comprises a simple earthen mound of characteristic bowl form, typical of funerary structures erected during the Bronze Age when such monuments served as focal points for burial ritual and territorial demarcation. The cemetery of which this barrow forms a component reflects the intensive use of the Black Down landscape for burial purposes during the Bronze Age, indicating significant prehistoric settlement and social organisation in the area. Its survival and scheduling as an ancient monument of national importance attests to the archaeological value of the Black Down barrow cemetery as a whole in understanding Bronze Age burial practice and landscape use in Dorset.
Bowl barrow 800m south of Kingston Russell Farm, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013844. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 800m south of Kingston Russell Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument forming part of an extensive round barrow cemetery distributed across the south-western portion of Black Down in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013844.
Bowl barrow 800m south of Kingston Russell Farm, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black 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 1013844.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Four bowl barrows 725m ESE of Wears Farm (4.4 km), Two round barrows on Wears Hill (4.8 km), St Peter's Abbey (5.6 km).
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