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The group of three bell barrows and a bowl barrow on Godlingston Heath is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located in Dorset. Bell barrows are distinctive burial mounds characterised by a central mound surrounded by a ditch and outer bank, whilst the bowl barrow represents a simpler mound form, all typical of early Bronze Age burial practice in southern England. The monument group demonstrates the funerary practices and landscape use of Bronze Age communities in the Dorset heathland during the second millennium BCE. These earthworks remain significant archaeological evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and social organisation in the region.
Group of three bell barrows and a bowl barrow on Godlingston Heath is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014291. View the official record →
The group of three bell barrows and a bowl barrow on Godlingston Heath is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014291.
Group of three bell barrows and a bowl barrow on Godlingston 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 1014291.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 500m north east of Afflington Farm (3.8 km), Medieval settlement at Afflington (3.9 km), The old prison and pump (3.9 km).
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