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Bowl barrow on Stoborough Heath is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, approximately eighty metres north west of Hill View. The monument is a characteristic example of a bowl barrow, a common funerary monument type of the Bronze Age period, typically comprising a mound of earth and stone raised over a central burial. The barrow survives as an earthwork and represents an important element of the Bronze Age landscape archaeology of the Stoborough Heath area, contributing to our understanding of prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in Dorset.
Bowl barrow on Stoborough Heath 80m north west of Hill View is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014301. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Stoborough Heath is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, approximately eighty metres north west of Hill View. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014301.
Bowl barrow on Stoborough Heath 80m north west of Hill View 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 1014301.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Iron Age settlement and associated field system on Smedmore Hill (4.8 km), Bowl barrow on Swyre Head (6.1 km), Alum works, other multi-period industrial remains and an associated group of jetties and breakwaters, Kimmeridge Bay (6.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Stoborough Heath 80m north west of Hill View's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow on Stoborough Heath 80m north west of Hill View stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.