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Bowl barrow in New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery

England
List entry 1013246
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013246
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
SY 59993 90307
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow in New Planting is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery near Dorset, England. The monument comprises a circular earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, the most common form of round barrow constructed during the Bronze Age period. As one of three barrows within the designated cemetery, it represents evidence of Bronze Age funerary practices and settlement patterns in the region. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under list entry 1013246.

Bowl barrow in New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013246. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow in New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery?

Bowl barrow in New Planting is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery near Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013246.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow in New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery?

Bowl barrow in New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery 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 1013246.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow in New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow E of The Buildings (4.6 km), St Peter's Abbey (5.7 km), Two fishponds in Oddens Wood (5.8 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
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Literature
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrow E of The Buildings
4.6 km
St Peter's Abbey
5.7 km
Two fishponds in Oddens Wood
5.8 km
St Catherine's Chapel, field system and quarries at Chapel Hill
6.1 km
Friar Waddon Hill round barrows
6.3 km
Round barrow 250yds (230m) S of Chapel Coppice
6.5 km
Duck decoy at Abbotsbury Swannery, 630m SSW of Horsepool Farm
6.7 km
Lynchets S of Stavordale Wood
6.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow in New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery

Bowl barrow in New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow in New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery

Maiden CastleArchaeological site · ~4.4 milesDorchesterRoman town · ~5.8 milesIlchesterRoman town · ~20.7 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~21.8 milesSiege of Maiden CastleBattle (43) · ~4.4 miles
Domesday entry for Winterbourne, Dorset →
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