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Bowl barrow on Creech Heath is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the Creech Heath round barrow cemetery in Dorset. The monument comprises a simple bowl-shaped earthwork, characteristic of barrow construction during the Bronze Age period. It lies approximately 720 metres south-east of Dodson's Farm and constitutes one of several burial monuments within this archaeological cemetery, contributing to the significance of the landscape as a focus for Bronze Age funerary activity. The barrow is recorded as a heritage monument under the National Heritage List for England.
Bowl barrow on Creech Heath 720m ESE of Dodson's Farm, forming part of the Creech Heath round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014140. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Creech Heath is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the Creech Heath round barrow cemetery in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014140.
Bowl barrow on Creech Heath 720m ESE of Dodson's Farm, forming part of the Creech Heath round barrow cemetery 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 1014140.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Iron Age settlement and associated field system on Smedmore Hill (4.4 km), Alum works, other multi-period industrial remains and an associated group of jetties and breakwaters, Kimmeridge Bay (5.6 km), Bowl barrow on Swyre Head (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Creech Heath 720m ESE of Dodson's Farm, forming part of the Creech Heath round barrow cemetery'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 Heath 720m ESE of Dodson's Farm, forming part of the Creech Heath round barrow cemetery stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.