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Bowl barrow on Black Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on the Dorset downland, situated approximately 150 metres north-west of the Hardy Monument. The barrow takes the form of a simple earthwork mound, characteristic of Bronze Age burial practices in southern England, and likely dates to the second millennium before the present. Such monuments typically contained inhumation or cremation burials accompanied by grave goods, serving as focal points for ritual and commemoration within prehistoric communities. The site remains a significant archaeological marker of Bronze Age activity on the Dorset landscape and is protected as a scheduled monument under national heritage legislation.
Bowl barrow on Black Down, 150m north west of the Hardy Monument is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016731. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Black Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on the Dorset downland, situated approximately 150 metres north-west of the Hardy Monument. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016731.
Bowl barrow on Black Down, 150m north west of the Hardy Monument 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 1016731.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows 720m south east of Friar Waddon House (4.1 km), Two fishponds in Oddens Wood (4.2 km), St Peter's Abbey (4.3 km).
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