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Bowl barrow in Bartlett's Firs is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. The monument consists of a circular earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, a common funerary monument type constructed during the Bronze Age. Such barrows typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods, and frequently occurred in groups across the Dorset landscape as part of broader funerary practices in southern Britain during the second millennium before the present era. The site is recorded in the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1014296.
Bowl barrow in Bartlett's Firs is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014296. View the official record →
Bowl barrow in Bartlett's Firs is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014296.
Bowl barrow in Bartlett's Firs 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 1014296.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Iron Age settlement and associated field system on Smedmore Hill (6.2 km), Alum works, other multi-period industrial remains and an associated group of jetties and breakwaters, Kimmeridge Bay (7 km), Bowl barrow on Swyre Head (7.5 km).
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