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Bowl barrow on North Hill is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound situated approximately 400 metres north-east of Renscombe Farm in Dorset. The monument takes the form of a simple bowl-shaped mound, a common funerary structure of the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age periods in southern England. Such barrows typically contained inhumation burials, often accompanied by grave goods, and represent significant investments in communal ritual and commemoration by prehistoric communities. The site is recorded as a scheduled monument under the National Heritage List for England, reflecting its archaeological importance as evidence of prehistoric settlement and funerary practice in the Dorset landscape.
Bowl barrow on North Hill, 400m north east of Renscombe Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017269. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on North Hill is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound situated approximately 400 metres north-east of Renscombe Farm in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017269.
Bowl barrow on North Hill, 400m north east of Renscombe 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 1017269.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 760m south west of Afflington Barn (0.5 km), Two bowl barrows 350m and 410m south of Afflington Barn (0.9 km), Kingston Down Romano-British farm (0.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on North Hill, 400m north east of Renscombe 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 North Hill, 400m north east of Renscombe Farm stands on Portland Group, bedrock that formed in the Portlandian. The rock here is limestone and calcareous sandstone.