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Bowl barrow on the south west slope of Breeze Hill, Melbury Down, is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. The barrow is a rounded burial mound of typical bowl barrow form, a common funerary architecture of the Bronze Age period across southern England. Such monuments were constructed over individual or multiple inhumations and often served as focal points for continued ritual activity across generations. The site contributes to the archaeological significance of the Melbury Down landscape, where multiple prehistoric monuments of this type cluster together, providing evidence of Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in this region of Dorset.
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 Bronze Age funerary monument located 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).
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