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Bowl barrow 850m west of Weatherby Castle hillfort is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset. The barrow comprises a low, rounded earthen mound characteristic of bowl barrow form, a funerary structure type prevalent during the Bronze Age period. Its proximity to the Neolithic and Iron Age hillfort at Weatherby Castle reflects the longstanding significance of this landscape for ceremonial and settlement purposes across successive prehistoric periods. The monument survives as an earthwork and remains an important record of Bronze Age burial practice and land use in Dorset.
Bowl barrow 850m west of Weatherby Castle hillfort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015033. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 850m west of Weatherby Castle hillfort is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015033.
Bowl barrow 850m west of Weatherby Castle hillfort 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 1015033.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 580m north east of Whitcombe Vale Farm (8.6 km), Tadnoll Barrow (8.7 km), Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 650m north east of Whitcombe Vale Farm (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 850m west of Weatherby Castle hillfort's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow 850m west of Weatherby Castle hillfort stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.