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Bowl barrow on Pistle Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 800 metres north east of Burrows Farm in Dorset. The monument consists of a circular earthwork characteristic of the bowl barrow type, a common funerary structure of the Bronze Age period. Bowl barrows typically functioned as burial monuments, often containing inhumations or cremations within their mound, and this example represents one of many such monuments distributed across the Dorset landscape. The site is designated as a nationally important archaeological monument and contributes to the understanding of Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in the region.
Bowl barrow on Pistle Down, 800m north east of Burrows Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018181. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Pistle Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 800 metres north east of Burrows Farm in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018181.
Bowl barrow on Pistle Down, 800m north east of Burrows 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 1018181.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows 445m south-west of Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar in Ringwood Forest (4.3 km), Bowl barrow 520m south of Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar in Ringwood Forest (4.6 km), Bowl barrow 620m south of Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar in Ringwood Forest (4.6 km).
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