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Bowl barrow on the south west slope of Breeze Hill, Melbury Down is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Dorset. The barrow takes the form of a circular earthwork mound typical of prehistoric burial practices in southern England, with a simple bowl-shaped profile that distinguishes it from more elaborate barrow types. As part of the wider landscape of barrow monuments across Melbury Down, it represents an important element of the region's prehistoric ritual and burial landscape. The site remains archaeologically significant as evidence of early ceremonial activity and land use in Dorset during the third and second millennia before the Common Era.
Bowl barrow on the south west slope of Breeze Hill, Melbury Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013678. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on the south west slope of Breeze Hill, Melbury Down is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013678.
Bowl barrow on the south west slope of Breeze Hill, Melbury Down 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 1013678.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman villa on Little Barton Hill (8.5 km), Two bowl barrows in Hinton Bushes 850m north of Pimperne Long Barrow (8.6 km), Two bowl barrows in Hinton Bushes 810m north of Pimperne Long Barrow (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on the south west slope of Breeze Hill, Melbury Down'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 the south west slope of Breeze Hill, Melbury Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.