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Bowl barrow on Plush Hill 740m ESE of Lower Farm, Plush, is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. The monument consists of a circular earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, a common form of funerary monument constructed during the Bronze Age across southern England. Such barrows typically contained inhumation or cremation burials accompanied by grave goods reflecting the social status of the deceased. The site represents an important element of the prehistoric landscape and ceremonial practices of Dorset's Bronze Age communities.
Bowl barrow on Plush Hill 740m ESE of Lower Farm, Plush is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015038. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Plush Hill 740m ESE of Lower Farm, Plush, is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015038.
Bowl barrow on Plush Hill 740m ESE of Lower Farm, Plush 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 1015038.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Four bowl barrows at the eastern end of Waterston Ridge, 490m south west and 500m south east of Ridge Farm (7.3 km), Three bowl barrows at the western end of Waterston Ridge, 360m north west of Fidler's Green Farm (7.3 km), Bell barrow 70m west of Fidler's Green (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Plush Hill 740m ESE of Lower Farm, Plush'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 Plush Hill 740m ESE of Lower Farm, Plush stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.