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Bowl barrow 850m ENE of Langbourne is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Dorset. The barrow survives as a prominent earthwork mound of characteristic bowl-shaped form, a common burial structure of the Bronze Age period. Such monuments typically date from the second millennium BC and represent significant investments in commemoration of the dead, often associated with high-status individuals. The barrow's survival as an identifiable archaeological feature contributes to understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and funerary practices in the Dorset landscape.
Bowl barrow 850m ENE of Langbourne is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020708. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 850m ENE of Langbourne is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020708.
Bowl barrow 850m ENE of Langbourne 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 1020708.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 550m north east of Field Dairy Farm (7 km), Bowl barrow 1020m south east of Charisworth Cottages (8.6 km), Combe Ditch, linear dyke (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 850m ENE of Langbourne'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 850m ENE of Langbourne stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.