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Bowl barrow on Poor Common 370m north east of Holmwood is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset. The monument takes the form of a simple hemispherical earthwork, characteristic of bowl barrows constructed during the prehistoric period as repositories for the cremated or inhumed remains of the deceased. Such barrows commonly date from the third to second millennium before the Common Era and represent significant ritual and funerary practices of early British societies. The site's survival and scheduling as a nationally important monument reflects its archaeological value in understanding prehistoric burial traditions and land use patterns in the region.
Bowl barrow on Poor Common 370m north east of Holmwood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018414. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Poor Common 370m north east of Holmwood is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018414.
Bowl barrow on Poor Common 370m north east of Holmwood 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 1018414.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Knighton Heath Golf Course 320m south of Eastlands Farm (4 km), Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 650m south of southern corner of New Covert (4.7 km), Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 300m east of Alhambra (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Poor Common 370m north east of Holmwood'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 Poor Common 370m north east of Holmwood stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.