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Bowl barrow cemetery and a cross dyke on Horton Common is a Bronze Age funerary and defensive monument located approximately 800 metres south of Bridge Farm in Dorset, England. The site comprises multiple bowl barrows, a characteristic Bronze Age burial form consisting of earthen mounds raised over cremated or inhumed remains, arranged as a cemetery complex typical of the second millennium BC. A cross dyke, a linear earthwork serving a territorial or defensive function, accompanies the barrow group, suggesting multi-period use or management of the landscape. The monument survives as an archaeological feature of significance for understanding Bronze Age mortuary practices and land division in the Dorset uplands.
Bowl barrow cemetery and a cross dyke on Horton Common 800m south of Bridge Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018411. View the official record →
Bowl barrow cemetery and a cross dyke on Horton Common is a Bronze Age funerary and defensive monument located approximately 800 metres south of Bridge Farm in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018411.
Bowl barrow cemetery and a cross dyke on Horton Common 800m south of Bridge 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 1018411.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 600m north east of Beacon Farm (7.8 km), Bell barrow 500m north east of Beacon Farm (7.9 km), Bowl barrow on Poor Common 370m north east of Holmwood (8.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow cemetery and a cross dyke on Horton Common 800m south of Bridge Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow cemetery and a cross dyke on Horton Common 800m south of Bridge Farm stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.