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Bowl barrow on Breeze Hill, 760m south east of the top of Zig-Zag Hill

England
List entry 1013679
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013679
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
ST 89702 20156
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow on Breeze Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Dorset, located approximately 760 metres south-east of Zig-Zag Hill's summit. The monument consists of a simple circular mound characteristic of bowl barrow construction, a common funerary form of the second millennium BCE across southern England. The barrow represents evidence of Bronze Age mortuary practice and settlement patterns in the Dorset landscape, contributing to our understanding of prehistoric burial customs and land use in the region.

Bowl barrow on Breeze Hill, 760m south east of the top of Zig-Zag Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013679. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow on Breeze Hill, 760m south east of the top of Zig-Zag Hill?

Bowl barrow on Breeze Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Dorset, located approximately 760 metres south-east of Zig-Zag Hill's summit. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013679.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow on Breeze Hill, 760m south east of the top of Zig-Zag Hill?

Bowl barrow on Breeze Hill, 760m south east of the top of Zig-Zag Hill 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 1013679.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow on Breeze Hill, 760m south east of the top of Zig-Zag Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman villa on Little Barton Hill (8.8 km), Two bowl barrows in Hinton Bushes 850m north of Pimperne Long Barrow (9 km), Two bowl barrows in Hinton Bushes 810m north of Pimperne Long Barrow (9.1 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Roman villa on Little Barton Hill
8.8 km
Two bowl barrows in Hinton Bushes 850m north of Pimperne Long Barrow
9 km
Two bowl barrows in Hinton Bushes 810m north of Pimperne Long Barrow
9.1 km
Two Late Iron Age or Romano-British enclosed settlements with part of an associated field system 420m NNW of South Farm
9.4 km
Pimperne Long Barrow
9.9 km
Bowl barrow 200m south east of Pimperne Long Barrow
10.1 km
Hod Hill camp and Lydsbury Rings
10.3 km
Lazerton Farm causewayed road
10.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow on Breeze Hill, 760m south east of the top of Zig-Zag Hill

Bowl barrow on Breeze Hill, 760m south east of the top of Zig-Zag Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow on Breeze Hill, 760m south east of the top of Zig-Zag Hill

Cadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~16.8 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~16.8 milesStonehengeArchaeological site · ~19.6 milesDorchesterRoman town · ~22.3 milesSiege of Maiden CastleBattle (43) · ~24.2 miles
Domesday entry for Melbury, Dorset →
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