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Bowl barrow on Creech Barrow hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. The monument consists of a simple hemispherical earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, which represent one of the most common forms of funerary monument constructed during the Bronze Age. Bowl barrows typically functioned as communal or individual burial sites and are distributed widely across the chalk and heathland regions of southern England, with concentrations on prominent landscape positions such as hilltops. The barrow's location on Creech Barrow hill places it within a landscape rich in prehistoric archaeological remains, contributing to our understanding of Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in the region.
Bowl barrow on Creech Barrow hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014830. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Creech Barrow hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014830.
Bowl barrow on Creech Barrow 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 1014830.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Alum works, other multi-period industrial remains and an associated group of jetties and breakwaters, Kimmeridge Bay (3.8 km), Bowl barrow on Swyre Head (4.1 km), Kingston Down Romano-British farm (5.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Creech Barrow hill'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 Creech Barrow hill stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.