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Bowl barrow on Lockyer's Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, approximately 760 metres north east of Bere Heath Farm. The monument takes the form of a simple hemispherical earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, a common funerary structure type dating to the Bronze Age period. Such barrows typically contained inhumed or cremated remains, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status of the deceased and the ritual practices of Bronze Age communities. The site remains an important archaeological record of prehistoric burial practice and settlement patterns in the Dorset landscape.
Bowl barrow on Lockyer's Hill, 760m north east of Bere Heath Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015364. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Lockyer's Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, approximately 760 metres north east of Bere Heath Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015364.
Bowl barrow on Lockyer's Hill, 760m north east of Bere Heath 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 1015364.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Three bowl barrows on Povington Heath, 400m south-west of Hurst Mill (9.5 km), Lulworth Castle North Lodges and park walls (9.7 km), Bowl barrow 450m north-west of Rookery Cottages (10 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Lockyer's Hill, 760m north east of Bere Heath 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 Lockyer's Hill, 760m north east of Bere Heath Farm stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.