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Bowl barrow at Five Marys is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England, forming part of the Five Marys round barrow cemetery complex. The structure is a bowl barrow, a type of burial mound characterised by its simple hemispherical form, which was a common funerary practice during the Bronze Age. As an outlier to the main cemetery group, this barrow represents evidence of the spatial organisation and ritual landscape practices of Bronze Age communities in the region. The site is designated as a nationally important heritage monument under the Historic England list entry 1013342.
Bowl barrow at Five Marys: an outlier to the Five Marys round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013342. View the official record →
Bowl barrow at Five Marys is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England, forming part of the Five Marys round barrow cemetery complex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013342.
Bowl barrow at Five Marys: an outlier to the Five Marys 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 1013342.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wardstone Barrow: a bowl barrow on the Dorset coastal ridge 300m south of Chideock Farm (2.9 km), Bowl barrow 660m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery (3.1 km), Bowl barrow 650m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery (3.1 km).
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