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Fern Barrow is a bowl barrow situated on Talbot Heath in Dorset, England, and represents a funerary monument of Bronze Age date. The barrow survives as a prominent earthwork comprising a circular mound with a distinct bowl-shaped profile, characteristic of this class of prehistoric burial monument. As an upstanding example of Bronze Age funerary architecture on Talbot Heath, it forms part of a significant concentration of barrow monuments across the heath landscape. The site is designated as a scheduled monument under the national heritage list, reflecting its archaeological importance for understanding Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in Dorset.
Fern Barrow: a bowl barrow on Talbot Heath is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018033. View the official record →
Fern Barrow is a bowl barrow situated on Talbot Heath in Dorset, England, and represents a funerary monument of Bronze Age date. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018033.
Fern Barrow: a bowl barrow on Talbot Heath 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 1018033.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Knighton Heath Golf Course 320m south of Eastlands Farm (4.4 km), Bowl barrow cemetery and four other bowl barrows on Canford Heath (4.8 km), Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 650m south of southern corner of New Covert (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Fern Barrow: a bowl barrow on Talbot Heath's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Fern Barrow: a bowl barrow on Talbot Heath stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.