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Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument situated on elevated ground northeast of Whitcombe Vale Farm in Dorset. The barrow consists of a circular earthwork mound characteristic of bowl barrows of the second millennium BCE, representing a widespread funerary tradition across southern England during the Bronze Age. Its location on Whitcombe Hill places it within a landscape that would have held ritual and ceremonial significance for the communities that constructed and used such monuments. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England as a designated ancient monument.
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 monument situated on elevated ground northeast of Whitcombe Vale Farm in Dorset. 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).
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