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Bowl barrow on Gallows Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. The monument consists of a circular earthwork typical of bowl barrows, a common form of funerary monument constructed during the Bronze Age period. As a scheduled ancient monument and listed heritage site, it represents an important surviving example of prehistoric burial practice in the region and contributes to the archaeological record of Bronze Age settlement and ritual activity in Dorset.
Bowl barrow on Gallows Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015343. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Gallows Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015343.
Bowl barrow on Gallows 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 1015343.
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 (9.7 km), Round barrow cemetery south-east of East Lulworth 550m north-east of Monastery Farm (9.8 km), Round barrow on Boat Knoll (10 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Gallows 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 Gallows Hill stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.