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Bowl barrow on Great Plantation is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 600 metres north east of Woodside in Dorset. The monument consists of a circular earthwork mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a common funerary monument type constructed during the Bronze Age period. Such barrows typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods, and served as territorial markers within the prehistoric landscape. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1015344, indicating its recognition as a monument of archaeological significance.
Bowl barrow on Great Plantation, 600m north east of Woodside is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015344. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Great Plantation is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 600 metres north east of Woodside in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015344.
Bowl barrow on Great Plantation, 600m north east of Woodside 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 1015344.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow cemetery south-east of East Lulworth 550m north-east of Monastery Farm (7.3 km), Round barrow on Boat Knoll (7.5 km), Flower's Barrow: a small multivallate hillfort and associated outwork on Rings Hill (8.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Great Plantation, 600m north east of Woodside's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow on Great Plantation, 600m north east of Woodside stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.