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Bowl barrow cemetery and four other bowl barrows on Canford Heath is a Bronze Age funerary monument comprising five bowl barrows located on Canford Heath in Dorset. The site consists of a clustered group of burial mounds typical of Bronze Age mortuary practices, representing a period of intensive barrow construction across southern England between approximately 2000 and 1000 BC. These earthwork monuments would have served as prominent landscape markers and focal points for ceremonial activity associated with the burial and commemoration of the dead. The barrows on Canford Heath survive as rounded mounds of varying dimensions and are designated as a scheduled monument reflecting their archaeological significance as representatives of Bronze Age funerary culture in Dorset.
Bowl barrow cemetery and four other bowl barrows on Canford Heath is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018486. View the official record →
Bowl barrow cemetery and four other bowl barrows on Canford Heath is a Bronze Age funerary monument comprising five bowl barrows located on Canford Heath in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018486.
Bowl barrow cemetery and four other bowl barrows on Canford Heath 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 1018486.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 650m south of southern corner of New Covert (0.9 km), Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 730m south east of Alhambra (1 km), Bowl barrow on Knighton Heath Golf Course 320m south of Eastlands Farm (1.6 km).
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