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Bowl barrow in Barrow Coppice is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, approximately 660 metres north of Wayside Cottage. The barrow survives as a substantial earthwork mound characteristic of the bowl barrow form, a common burial type constructed during the Bronze Age across southern England. Such monuments typically contained cremated or inhumed remains, often accompanied by grave goods, and served as focal points for ritual and ceremonial activity within prehistoric communities. The site's designation as a scheduled ancient monument reflects its archaeological importance as evidence of Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in the Dorset landscape.
Bowl barrow in Barrow Coppice, 660m north of Wayside Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020065. View the official record →
Bowl barrow in Barrow Coppice is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, approximately 660 metres north of Wayside Cottage. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020065.
Bowl barrow in Barrow Coppice, 660m north of Wayside Cottage 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 1020065.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow cemetery in Hyde Hill Plantation (7.7 km), Round barrow cemetery 400m and 500m south east of Hyde Hill Plantation (7.9 km), Lengths of Roman road in Norwood Coppice and in The Rookery (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow in Barrow Coppice, 660m north of Wayside Cottage'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 in Barrow Coppice, 660m north of Wayside Cottage stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.