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Bowl barrow on Sheep Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated on the chalk downland east of Home Farm Cottages in Dorset. The barrow comprises a circular earthwork mound characteristic of Bronze Age burial practice, dating to the second millennium BCE. Such monuments typically functioned as communal or high-status burial sites, with cremated or inhumed remains deposited beneath or within the mound structure. The barrow's position on Sheep Down, within the wider landscape of Dorset's extensively utilised Bronze Age downland, reflects the importance of this region for prehistoric settlement and ceremonial activity.
Bowl barrow on Sheep Down, 600m east of Home Farm Cottages is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016735. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Sheep Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated on the chalk downland east of Home Farm Cottages in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016735.
Bowl barrow on Sheep Down, 600m east of Home Farm Cottages 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 1016735.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow E of The Buildings (2.8 km), Two fishponds in Oddens Wood (4 km), St Peter's Abbey (4.1 km).
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