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Bowl barrow on Black Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on the Dorset heathland near the Hardy Monument. The barrow consists of a circular earthen mound that would originally have contained an inhumation burial, typical of the funerary practices of the second millennium BC. Its position within the Bronze Age ceremonial landscape of Black Down, alongside other barrows in the vicinity, reflects the ritual significance of the high ground in this region during the Bronze Age period. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork and remains an important indicator of prehistoric settlement and burial activity on the Dorset heathlands.
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 funerary monument located on the Dorset heathland near 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).
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