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Bowl barrow 850m WNW of Peaked Close House is a Bronze Age funerary monument forming part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on Corfe Common in Dorset. The barrow is a bowl-shaped earthwork characteristic of Bronze Age burial practice, representing the surviving physical remains of ceremonial and funerary activity in the prehistoric landscape. As one of several barrows distributed across Corfe Common, this monument contributes to an important archaeological group that demonstrates the settlement and ritual patterns of Bronze Age communities in the Purbeck region. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under list entry number 1011491, recognising its significance as a scheduled ancient monument.
Bowl barrow 850m WNW of Peaked Close House: part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on Corfe Common is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011491. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 850m WNW of Peaked Close House is a Bronze Age funerary monument forming part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on Corfe Common in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011491.
Bowl barrow 850m WNW of Peaked Close House: part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on Corfe Common 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 1011491.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows 350m and 410m south of Afflington Barn (2.3 km), Bowl barrow 760m south west of Afflington Barn (2.5 km), Iron Age settlement and associated field system on Smedmore Hill (2.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 850m WNW of Peaked Close House: part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on Corfe Common'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 WNW of Peaked Close House: part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on Corfe Common stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.