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Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 970m south east of Wood Barn is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset. The monument consists of a roughly circular earthwork of the type characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practice in southern England, dating to the period approximately 2200 to 700 BCE. Bowl barrows of this form typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status and beliefs of the interred individual. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England and represents an important archaeological resource for understanding Bronze Age settlement and burial practices in the Dorset landscape.
Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 970m south east of Wood Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015360. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 970m south east of Wood Barn is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015360.
Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 970m south east 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 1015360.
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 (8.8 km), Bowl barrow c.240m north of Chaldon Herring: part of a barrow group north of Chaldon Herring village (8.8 km), Bowl barrow c.200m NNW of Chaldon Herring: part of a barrow group north of Chaldon Herring village (8.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 970m south east 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, 970m south east 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.