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Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 650m south of southern corner of New Covert

England
List entry 1018487
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018487
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SZ 03448 96150
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 650m south of southern corner of New Covert is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. The barrow takes the form of a circular earthwork characteristic of Bronze Age funerary monuments, with a simple bowl-shaped profile. Such barrows typically date to the second millennium BCE and served as burial monuments for individuals of status within Bronze Age communities. The site's survival on Canford Heath preserves evidence of the prehistoric landscape and settlement patterns of the Dorset heathland region.

Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 650m south of southern corner of New Covert is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018487. View the official record →

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What is Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 650m south of southern corner of New Covert?

Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 650m south of southern corner of New Covert is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018487.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 650m south of southern corner of New Covert?

Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 650m south of southern corner of New Covert 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 1018487.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 650m south of southern corner of New Covert?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 730m south east of Alhambra (0.9 km), Bowl barrow on Knighton Heath Golf Course 320m south of Eastlands Farm (0.9 km), Bowl barrow cemetery and four other bowl barrows on Canford Heath (0.9 km).

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Overview
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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
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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 730m south east of Alhambra
0.9 km
Bowl barrow on Knighton Heath Golf Course 320m south of Eastlands Farm
0.9 km
Bowl barrow cemetery and four other bowl barrows on Canford Heath
0.9 km
Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 300m east of Alhambra
1.1 km
Two bowl barrows in Arrowsmith Coppice 200m south of Arrowsmith House
1.7 km
Bowl barrow in Gravel Hill Plantation, 340m north of Arrowsmith House
1.9 km
Bowl barrow on Dunyeat's Hill 650m south west of Arrowsmith House
2 km
Fern Barrow: a bowl barrow on Talbot Heath
5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 650m south of southern corner of New Covert

Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 650m south of southern corner of New Covert stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 650m south of southern corner of New Covert

DorchesterRoman town · ~21.4 milesMaiden CastleArchaeological site · ~23.2 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~23.7 miles
Domesday entry for Canford, Dorset →
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