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Bowl barrow185m WSW of Higher Skippet Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. The barrow takes the form of a simple earthen mound, characteristic of the bowl barrow type, which served as burial structures during the Bronze Age period. Such monuments are typically associated with high-status individuals or community leaders, indicating the site's significance within its contemporary settlement hierarchy. The barrow survives as an upstanding earthwork and remains an important archaeological record of Bronze Age burial practices in the region.
Bowl barrow185m WSW of Higher Skippet Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002819. View the official record →
Bowl barrow185m WSW of Higher Skippet Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002819.
Bowl barrow185m WSW of Higher Skippet 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 1002819.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cross-ridge dyke on Windsbatch (6.6 km), Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill (8.5 km), Two fishponds in Oddens Wood (8.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow185m WSW of Higher Skippet Farm'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 barrow185m WSW of Higher Skippet Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.