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Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England, situated approximately 140 metres south-east of Cull-peppers Dish. The monument takes the form of a simple bowl-shaped earthwork, characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practice in southern England. Bowl barrows of this type typically date to the second millennium BCE and represent individual or family burial sites that formed an integral part of the prehistoric landscape. This example survives as an identifiable earthwork feature within the heathland landscape of Dorset, contributing to the archaeological and historical record of Bronze Age settlement and burial practices in the region.
Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 140m south east of Cull-peppers Dish is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015362. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England, situated approximately 140 metres south-east of Cull-peppers Dish. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015362.
Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 140m south east of Cull-peppers Dish 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 1015362.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows c.280m north-east of Chaldon Herring: part of a barrow group north of Chaldon Herring village (9.1 km), Bowl barrow c.240m north of Chaldon Herring: part of a barrow group north of Chaldon Herring village (9.1 km), Bowl barrow c.200m NNW of Chaldon Herring: part of a barrow group north of Chaldon Herring village (9.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 140m south east of Cull-peppers Dish'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 on Affpuddle Heath, 140m south east of Cull-peppers Dish stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.