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Bowl barrow on Limekiln Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located approximately 650 metres south-east of Green Leaze in Dorset. The barrow consists of a circular earthen mound characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practice, constructed to cover and commemorate an inhumation or cremation burial. Such monuments were typically constructed during the Early to Middle Bronze Age, generally between 2000 and 1500 BCE, and served both practical and ceremonial functions within prehistoric communities. The site remains an important archaeological record of Bronze Age mortuary practice and settlement patterns in the Dorset landscape.
Bowl barrow on Limekiln Hill 650m south east of Green Leaze is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018203. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Limekiln Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located approximately 650 metres south-east of Green Leaze in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018203.
Bowl barrow on Limekiln Hill 650m south east of Green Leaze 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 1018203.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two round barrows on Wears Hill (1.9 km), Four bowl barrows 725m ESE of Wears Farm (2.7 km), Dyke on Wears Hill (2.8 km).
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