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Bowl barrow on Limekiln Hill 500m north of Labour-in-Vain Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Dorset. The barrow takes the form of a simple earthen mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a common burial type of the Bronze Age period. The site is recorded as a scheduled monument and appears on the Heritage List for England under entry number 1018202. Bowl barrows of this type typically date to the early to middle Bronze Age and served as burial places for individuals of some status, often containing cremated or inhumed remains along with grave goods, though the specific contents and condition of this particular example are not detailed in readily available sources.
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 500m north of Labour-in-Vain Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Limekiln Hill 500m north of Labour-in-Vain 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 Limekiln Hill 500m north of Labour-in-Vain Farm stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.