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Bowl barrow on Black Down, 870m north west of the Hardy Monument, is a Bronze Age burial mound situated on elevated terrain in Dorset. The monument consists of a circular earthwork with a central burial chamber typical of bowl barrow construction, a common funerary form across southern England during the Bronze Age period. Its positioning on Black Down places it within a landscape rich in prehistoric archaeology, where barrows cluster in association with other ritual and domestic sites. The barrow survives as an earthwork feature and retains archaeological significance as evidence of Bronze Age burial practice and settlement patterns in this region of Dorset.
Bowl barrow on Black Down, 870m north west of the Hardy Monument is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019030. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Black Down, 870m north west of the Hardy Monument, is a Bronze Age burial mound situated on elevated terrain in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019030.
Bowl barrow on Black Down, 870m 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 1019030.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two fishponds in Oddens Wood (3.8 km), St Peter's Abbey (3.9 km), St Catherine's Chapel, field system and quarries at Chapel Hill (4.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Black Down, 870m north west 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, 870m north west 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.