Scheduled MonumentsEnglandBowl barrow on Canford Heath 300m east of Alhambra

Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 300m east of Alhambra

England
List entry 1018489
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018489
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SZ 02617 96899
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 300m east of Alhambra is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. The barrow takes the form of a low earthen mound with a circular plan, characteristic of bowl barrows constructed during the Bronze Age period. Such monuments typically contained inhumation or cremation burials accompanied by grave goods, serving as focal points for ritual activity and territorial markers in the prehistoric landscape. The site's survival on Canford Heath, despite historical land use changes, preserves evidence of Bronze Age funerary practice in the region.

Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 300m east of Alhambra is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018489. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 300m east of Alhambra?

Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 300m east of Alhambra is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018489.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 300m east of Alhambra?

Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 300m east of Alhambra 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 1018489.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 300m east of Alhambra?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 730m south east of Alhambra (0.7 km), Two bowl barrows in Arrowsmith Coppice 200m south of Arrowsmith House (0.7 km), Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 650m south of southern corner of New Covert (1.1 km).

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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
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 300m east of Alhambra

Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 300m east of Alhambra stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.