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Bowl barrow in Throop Clump, 450m west of Heatherdown is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. The monument consists of a circular earthwork typical of bowl barrows, a common funerary form in southern Britain during the Bronze Age. Such barrows served as repositories for cremated or inhumed remains and frequently functioned as focal points for ritual activity and territorial demarcation within Bronze Age communities. The site's preservation and scheduling under the national heritage list reflects its archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric burial practice and settlement patterns in the Dorset landscape.
Bowl barrow in Throop Clump, 450m west of Heatherdown is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020734. View the official record →
Bowl barrow in Throop Clump, 450m west of Heatherdown is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020734.
Bowl barrow in Throop Clump, 450m west of Heatherdown 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 1020734.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lulworth Castle North Lodges and park walls (9.4 km), Bowl barrow 400m ENE of Belhuish Farm: one of a group of barrows to the west of Burngate Wood (9.4 km), Bowl barrow c.240m north of Chaldon Herring: part of a barrow group north of Chaldon Herring village (9.4 km).
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