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Bowl barrow on Limekiln Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located approximately 500 metres north of Labour-in-Vain Farm in Dorset. The barrow takes the form of a bowl-shaped mound, a characteristic funerary structure of the Bronze Age period, and represents the burial practices of communities occupying the Dorset landscape during the second millennium BCE. Such monuments typically contained inhumed or cremated remains, often accompanied by grave goods, and served as enduring markers of territorial and social identity within prehistoric societies. The barrow survives as an earthwork monument and contributes to the archaeological record of Bronze Age settlement and mortuary practice in this region of southern England.
Bowl barrow on Limekiln Hill 500m north of Labour-in-Vain Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018202. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Limekiln Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located approximately 500 metres north of Labour-in-Vain Farm in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018202.
Bowl barrow on Limekiln Hill 500m north of Labour-in-Vain 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 1018202.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two round barrows on Wears Hill (1.7 km), Four bowl barrows 725m ESE of Wears Farm (2.6 km), Dyke on Wears Hill (2.6 km).
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