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Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 600m west of Stafford Farm

England
List entry 1017281
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017281
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.12 hectares
Grid reference
SY 71932 88781
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 600m west of Stafford Farm, is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Dorset. The monument consists of a circular burial mound of characteristic bowl barrow form, a common funerary type from the Bronze Age period. Like other barrows of this class, it would have originally served as a burial structure, though specific details of its internal archaeology and any finds recovered remain limited in the wider scholarly record. The barrow survives as an earthwork monument within the Dorset landscape, contributing to the archaeological evidence for Bronze Age burial practices in the region.

Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 600m west of Stafford Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017281. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 600m west of Stafford Farm?

Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 600m west of Stafford Farm, is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017281.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 600m west of Stafford Farm?

Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 600m west of Stafford 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 1017281.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 600m west of Stafford Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sandy Barrow W of East Farm Dairy (6.3 km), Three barrows S of Poxwell Big Wood (7 km), Romano-Celtic temple and associated remains at Jordan Hill (7 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Sandy Barrow W of East Farm Dairy
6.3 km
Three barrows S of Poxwell Big Wood
7 km
Romano-Celtic temple and associated remains at Jordan Hill
7 km
Medieval settlement at West Ringstead
7.6 km
Icehouse at Ringstead, 660m south west of Pit House
7.7 km
Upton Fort, a coastal artillery battery and two searchlight emplacements
7.7 km
Fishpond at West Ringstead, 590m south of Pit House
8 km
Humpty Dumpty Field, Radipole
9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 600m west of Stafford Farm

Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 600m west of Stafford Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 600m west of Stafford Farm

DorchesterRoman town · ~2 milesMaiden CastleArchaeological site · ~3.1 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~23.3 milesIlchesterRoman town · ~24.3 milesSiege of Maiden CastleBattle (43) · ~3.1 miles
Domesday entry for Whitcombe, Dorset →
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