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Bowl barrow 870m southwest of Dale Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located near Dale in Somerset. The barrow survives as a circular earthwork characteristic of the bowl barrow form, a burial mound type that was prevalent in southern Britain during the Bronze Age. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1008217, indicating its status as a designated archaeological monument of national importance. Bowl barrows of this period typically served as burial places, often containing cremated or inhumed remains, and frequently represent communal or family burial sites used across several generations.
Bowl barrow 870m southwest of Dale Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008217. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 870m southwest of Dale Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located near Dale in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008217.
Bowl barrow 870m southwest of Dale Farm 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 1008217.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rhinoceros Hole, Wookey (3.4 km), Bishop's palace (5.3 km), Early Christian settlement and monastic site at Marchey Farm (5.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 870m southwest of Dale Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow 870m southwest of Dale Farm stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.