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Four bowl barrows 500m west of Well Bottom Wood is a Bronze Age burial monument forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery in Dorset. The site comprises four earthen mounds of the bowl barrow type, characteristic funerary structures of the Bronze Age period. These barrows are situated within a wider cemetery landscape on Pitcombe Down, which contains multiple round barrow monuments reflecting the ritual and burial practices of Bronze Age communities in the region. The monument is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1013252.
Four bowl barrows 500m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013252. View the official record →
Four bowl barrows 500m west of Well Bottom Wood is a Bronze Age burial monument forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013252.
Four bowl barrows 500m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery 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 1013252.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two round barrows on Wears Hill (4.7 km), Round barrow E of The Buildings (5 km), St Peter's Abbey (5.2 km).
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Four bowl barrows 500m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.