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Bowl barrow on East Holme Range is a Bronze Age burial mound situated on heathland northwest of Povington Farm in Dorset. The barrow takes the form of a simple bowl-shaped earthwork, a characteristic funerary monument type of the Bronze Age period. It represents part of the significant concentration of barrow groups that occupy the East Holme Range and wider landscape of central Dorset, an area rich in prehistoric ceremonial and burial monuments. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England and remains an important archaeological witness to Bronze Age funerary practice in the region.
Bowl barrow on East Holme Range, 880m north west of Povington Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016231. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on East Holme Range is a Bronze Age burial mound situated on heathland northwest of Povington Farm in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016231.
Bowl barrow on East Holme Range, 880m north west of Povington Farm 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 1016231.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two barrows known as 'Ferny Barrows' 500m west of Whiteway Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery to the south-east of East Lulworth (1.5 km), Round barrow on Boat Knoll (1.8 km), Round barrow cemetery south-east of East Lulworth 550m north-east of Monastery Farm (1.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on East Holme Range, 880m north west of Povington Farm'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 East Holme Range, 880m north west of Povington Farm stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.