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Bowl barrow and pillow mound on Earl's Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument and later medieval earthwork located in Dorset, approximately 650 metres and 780 metres north-east of Furzey Down Farm. The site comprises two distinct archaeological features: a bowl barrow, a characteristic burial mound of the Bronze Age period, and a pillow mound, a medieval earthwork typically associated with rabbit farming or warrening. These monuments represent successive phases of land use and settlement activity across different historical periods. The barrow demonstrates the continuity of occupation and ceremonial practice in the Dorset landscape from prehistoric times through to the medieval period.
Bowl barrow and pillow mound on Earl's Hill, 650m and 780m north east of Furzey Down Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019396. View the official record →
Bowl barrow and pillow mound on Earl's Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument and later medieval earthwork located in Dorset, approximately 650 metres and 780 metres north-east of Furzey Down Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019396.
Bowl barrow and pillow mound on Earl's Hill, 650m and 780m north east of Furzey Down 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 1019396.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 80m west of Dormy House (7.8 km), Cross-ridge dyke on Rawston Down (7.9 km), St Leonard's Chapel (8.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow and pillow mound on Earl's Hill, 650m and 780m north east of Furzey Down Farm'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 and pillow mound on Earl's Hill, 650m and 780m north east of Furzey Down Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.