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Bowl barrow on Black Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, situated approximately eighty metres south-east of the Hardy Monument. The barrow takes the form of a simple earthwork mound, characteristic of the bowl barrow type which represents one of the most common funerary monuments of the Bronze Age period. Such monuments typically date from the second millennium before the common era and served as the focal points for burial practices within prehistoric communities. The site is of archaeological significance as evidence of Bronze Age settlement and mortuary practices in this region of Dorset, and remains a scheduled ancient monument under national protection.
Bowl barrow on Black Down, 80m south east of the Hardy Monument is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017374. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Black Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, situated approximately eighty metres south-east of the Hardy Monument. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017374.
Bowl barrow on Black Down, 80m south east 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 1017374.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows 720m south east of Friar Waddon House (3.9 km), Two fishponds in Oddens Wood (4.3 km), St Peter's Abbey (4.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Black Down, 80m south east of the Hardy Monument'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 Black Down, 80m south east of the Hardy Monument stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.