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Bowl barrow on Black Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated approximately 400 metres north west of the Hardy Monument in Dorset. The barrow takes the form of a simple mound with a circular earthwork, characteristic of bowl barrows constructed during the Bronze Age, a period when such monuments served as burial sites for individuals of status within their communities. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork on Black Down, a location that formed part of the wider landscape of Bronze Age burial activity in this region of Dorset. Like other barrows on the Dorset downs, it represents an important element of the archaeological record relating to burial practices and territorial organisation during the second millennium before Christ.
Bowl barrow on Black Down, 400m north west of the Hardy Monument is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016733. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Black Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated approximately 400 metres north west of the Hardy Monument in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016733.
Bowl barrow on Black Down, 400m 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 1016733.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two fishponds in Oddens Wood (4.2 km), St Peter's Abbey (4.3 km), Two bowl barrows 720m south east of Friar Waddon House (4.3 km).
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