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Bowl barrow and pond barrow within Well Bottom Wood is a Bronze Age burial monument forming part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery in Dorset. The bowl barrow is a low mound of typical Early Bronze Age construction, whilst the pond barrow represents a variant form characterised by a central depression rather than an elevated mound, both serving as funerary monuments for elite or high-status individuals of the second millennium before Christ. These earthworks, situated within the woodland landscape of Well Bottom Wood, retain archaeological significance as components of a larger cemetery complex that demonstrates the ritual and burial practices of Bronze Age communities in the Dorset region. The monuments remain substantially preserved in their original locations, contributing to the understanding of prehistoric funerary traditions and landscape use in southern England.
Bowl barrow and pond barrow within Well Bottom Wood, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012028. View the official record →
Bowl barrow and pond barrow within Well Bottom Wood is a Bronze Age burial monument forming part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012028.
Bowl barrow and pond barrow within Well Bottom Wood, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery 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 1012028.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow E of The Buildings (5.1 km), Two round barrows on Wears Hill (5.3 km), St Peter's Abbey (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow and pond barrow within Well Bottom Wood, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery'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 pond barrow within Well Bottom Wood, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.