Scheduled MonumentsEnglandFour bowl barows 710m north, 750m north west and 950m north west of Clyffe House

Four bowl barows 710m north, 750m north west and 950m north west of Clyffe House

England
List entry 1016378
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016378
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.34 hectares
Grid reference
SY 78044 92838, SY 77931 92855, SY 77784 92996
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Four bowl barrows 710m north, 750m north west and 950m north west of Clyffe House is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located near Dorset in southern England. The site comprises four separate bowl barrows, a common burial form of the Bronze Age period, distributed across the landscape at measured intervals from the reference point of Clyffe House. Bowl barrows represent one of the most characteristic monument types of Bronze Age communities, typically consisting of earthen mounds raised over cremated or inhumed remains. The spatial arrangement and preservation of this multiple barrow group contributes to the archaeological understanding of Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary practices in the Dorset landscape.

Four bowl barows 710m north, 750m north west and 950m north west of Clyffe House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016378. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Four bowl barows 710m north, 750m north west and 950m north west of Clyffe House?

Four bowl barrows 710m north, 750m north west and 950m north west of Clyffe House is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located near Dorset in southern England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016378.

Who is responsible for protecting Four bowl barows 710m north, 750m north west and 950m north west of Clyffe House?

Four bowl barows 710m north, 750m north west and 950m north west of Clyffe House 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 1016378.

What other scheduled monuments are near Four bowl barows 710m north, 750m north west and 950m north west of Clyffe House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lord's Barrow: a bowl barrow 500m north of Northground Dairy (8.7 km), Four barrows on Moigns Down (9 km), Bowl barrow c.200m NNW of Chaldon Herring: part of a barrow group north of Chaldon Herring village (9.3 km).

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Overview
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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
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Four bowl barows 710m north, 750m north west and 950m north west of Clyffe House

Four bowl barows 710m north, 750m north west and 950m north west of Clyffe House stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.