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Folly Barrow is a Bronze Age bowl barrow located in Dorset, England. The monument consists of a circular earthwork mound characteristic of burial practices during the Bronze Age, when such structures served as repositories for elite or important individuals within contemporary society. Bowl barrows of this type represent some of the most common funerary monuments surviving from the Bronze Age period in southern England, typically constructed between approximately 2200 and 1500 BCE. The barrow's survival and official designation reflect its archaeological and historical significance as evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary practices in Dorset.
Bowl barrow known as Folly Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020030. View the official record →
Folly Barrow is a Bronze Age bowl barrow located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020030.
Bowl barrow known as Folly Barrow 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 1020030.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Field system in Old Park (9.1 km), St Leonard's Chapel (9.2 km), Long barrow and two bowl barrows 140m north west of Dormy House (9.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow known as Folly Barrow'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 known as Folly Barrow stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.