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Bowl barrow in East Plantation on Turner's Puddle Heath

England
List entry 1020737
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020737
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.07 hectares
Grid reference
SY 83326 91216
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow in East Plantation on Turner's Puddle Heath is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. The monument takes the form of a roughly circular earthen mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a common funerary monument type of the Bronze Age period. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents an important archaeological record of prehistoric burial practices in the Dorset landscape. The barrow survives as a physical earthwork within the planted woodland of East Plantation, contributing to the archaeological heritage of the Turner's Puddle Heath area.

Bowl barrow in East Plantation on Turner's Puddle Heath is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020737. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow in East Plantation on Turner's Puddle Heath?

Bowl barrow in East Plantation on Turner's Puddle Heath is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020737.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow in East Plantation on Turner's Puddle Heath?

Bowl barrow in East Plantation on Turner's Puddle 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 1020737.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow in East Plantation on Turner's Puddle Heath?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two barrows known as 'Water Barrows' 650m WNW of Whiteway Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery to the south east of East Lulworth (10 km), Two barrows known as 'Ferny Barrows' 500m west of Whiteway Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery to the south-east of East Lulworth (10.1 km), Bowl barrow 550m east of Chideock Farm (10.2 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Two barrows known as 'Water Barrows' 650m WNW of Whiteway Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery to the south east of East Lulworth
10 km
Two barrows known as 'Ferny Barrows' 500m west of Whiteway Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery to the south-east of East Lulworth
10.1 km
Bowl barrow 550m east of Chideock Farm
10.2 km
The Round Pound, an enclosure on Chaldon Down
10.2 km
Round barrow cemetery south-east of East Lulworth 550m north-east of Monastery Farm
10.2 km
Two bowl barrows 560m and 650m north west of Newlands Farm
10.2 km
Round barrow on Boat Knoll
10.5 km
Wardstone Barrow: a bowl barrow on the Dorset coastal ridge 300m south of Chideock Farm
10.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow in East Plantation on Turner's Puddle Heath

Bowl barrow in East Plantation on Turner's Puddle Heath stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow in East Plantation on Turner's Puddle Heath

DorchesterRoman town · ~8.7 milesMaiden CastleArchaeological site · ~10.3 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~24.6 milesSiege of Maiden CastleBattle (43) · ~10.3 miles
Domesday entry for Puddle, Dorset →
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