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Bowl barrow on Emmett's Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. The barrow takes the form of a simple hemispherical or bowl-shaped earthwork, a common burial mound type of the Bronze Age period. Such monuments were constructed as repositories for cremated or inhumed human remains, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status and beliefs of their interred occupants. The site contributes to the archaeological landscape of Dorset, which is notable for its significant concentration of Bronze Age barrows documenting prehistoric settlement and ritual practice across the region.
Bowl barrow on Emmett's Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017268. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Emmett's Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017268.
Bowl barrow on Emmett's 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 1017268.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on St Aldhelm's Head, 470m north east of St Aldhelm's Chapel (0.7 km), Early Christian enclosure on St Aldhelm's Head (1 km), Kingston Down Romano-British farm (1.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Emmett's 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 Emmett's Hill stands on Portland Group, bedrock that formed in the Portlandian. The rock here is limestone and calcareous sandstone.