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Bowl barrow on Stonehill Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument located approximately 250 metres south of East Creech Farm in Dorset. The barrow survives as a rounded earthen mound characteristic of bowl barrow construction, a prevalent burial form during the Bronze Age. Such monuments typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status of the deceased. The site's survival and official designation on the National Heritage List for England reflect its archaeological importance as evidence of Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in this region of Dorset.
Bowl barrow on Stonehill Down, 250m south of East Creech Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014138. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Stonehill Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument located approximately 250 metres south of East Creech Farm in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014138.
Bowl barrow on Stonehill Down, 250m south of East Creech Farm 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 1014138.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Swyre Head (3.8 km), Alum works, other multi-period industrial remains and an associated group of jetties and breakwaters, Kimmeridge Bay (4.1 km), Kingston Down Romano-British farm (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Stonehill Down, 250m south of East Creech Farm'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 Stonehill Down, 250m south of East Creech Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.