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Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, approximately 580 metres north east of Whitcombe Vale Farm. The monument comprises a circular earthwork of typical bowl barrow form, consisting of a raised central mound surrounded by a ditch, representing a common funerary tradition of the Bronze Age period. Such barrows served as communal or high-status burial monuments and often contained cremated or inhumed remains, sometimes accompanied by grave goods. The site is recognised as a significant archaeological resource documenting Bronze Age mortuary practices in the Dorset landscape and is protected under statutory heritage designation.
Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 580m north east of Whitcombe Vale Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015337. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Dorset, approximately 580 metres north east of Whitcombe Vale Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015337.
Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 580m north east of Whitcombe Vale 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 1015337.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 900m south east of Chideock Farm (6.4 km), Bowl barrow 650m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery (6.6 km), Two bowl barrows 200m south east of Hill Barn: two of a group of three barrows (7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 580m north east of Whitcombe Vale Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 580m north east of Whitcombe Vale Farm stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.