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Bowl barrow on Sheep Down is a Bronze Age burial mound situated on the chalk downland east of Home Farm Cottages in Dorset. The monument takes the form of a simple hemispherical or bowl-shaped mound, a common funerary structure characteristic of Early to Middle Bronze Age burial practices in southern England, typically dating between approximately 2200 and 1500 BCE. The barrow survives as an earthwork on the open downland, contributing to the archaeological landscape of Dorset's extensive barrow groups. Such monuments represent a significant phase in the ritual and mortuary practices of prehistoric communities, though the specific contents and construction details of this individual example would require archaeological investigation to establish with precision.
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 burial mound 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Sheep Down, 600m east of Home Farm Cottages'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 Sheep Down, 600m east of Home Farm Cottages stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.