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Bowl barrow at the eastern end of Stonehill Down, 270m SSW of East Creech Farm, is a Bronze Age burial monument situated in Dorset. The barrow consists of a circular earthwork characteristic of the bowl barrow type, comprising a central mound surrounded by a ditch. Such monuments typically date to the Early and Middle Bronze Age, reflecting the burial practices and landscape use of communities in the second millennium before Christ. The site forms part of the significant concentration of prehistoric funerary monuments found across the Dorset heathlands, contributing to the archaeological understanding of Bronze Age settlement and ceremonial practices in southern Britain.
Bowl barrow at the eastern end of Stonehill Down, 270m SSW of East Creech Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014137. View the official record →
Bowl barrow at the eastern end of Stonehill Down, 270m SSW of East Creech Farm, is a Bronze Age burial monument situated in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014137.
Bowl barrow at the eastern end of Stonehill Down, 270m SSW of East Creech 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 1014137.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Swyre Head (3.9 km), Alum works, other multi-period industrial remains and an associated group of jetties and breakwaters, Kimmeridge Bay (4.1 km), Kingston Down Romano-British farm (5 km).
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