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Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset. The monument consists of a roughly circular earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, a common form of funerary monument in southern England during the prehistoric period. Such barrows typically contained inhumation burials and were often associated with ritual deposits and grave goods. The site's position on East Hill reflects the Bronze Age preference for prominent topographical locations, which would have made these burial monuments visually significant within the contemporary landscape.
Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015053. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015053.
Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods 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 1015053.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of three round barrows SW of Longlands Barn (9 km), Cross in St Mary's churchyard (9.1 km), Round barrow SW of Pigeon House Cottages (9.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.