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Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, approximately 640 metres south of Wood Barn. The monument consists of a circular earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, a common form of funerary monument dating to the Bronze Age period. Such barrows typically contained inhumation burials, often accompanied by grave goods, and represent an important class of prehistoric ceremonial and memorial architecture in the English landscape. The site's designation within the heritage record reflects its archaeological significance as evidence of Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in Dorset.
Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 640m south of Wood Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015357. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, approximately 640 metres south of Wood Barn. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015357.
Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 640m south of Wood Barn 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 1015357.
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 (8.7 km), Bowl barrow c.240m north of Chaldon Herring: part of a barrow group north of Chaldon Herring village (8.7 km), Bowl barrow c.200m NNW of Chaldon Herring: part of a barrow group north of Chaldon Herring village (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 640m south of Wood Barn'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, 640m south of Wood Barn stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.