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Group of three bowl barrows on Creech Heath 650m ESE of Dodson's Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument forming part of the larger Creech Heath round barrow cemetery in Dorset. The three mounds are typical bowl barrows, the simplest form of round barrow, consisting of earthen tumuli raised over cremated or inhumed burials. These monuments date to the Bronze Age, when such burial structures were established across the Dorset landscape as focal points for community funerary practice. The survival of this group as part of the extensive Creech Heath cemetery demonstrates the significance of the site as a burial ground spanning multiple generations.
Group of three bowl barrows on Creech Heath 650m ESE of Dodson's Farm, forming part of the Creech Heath round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014141. View the official record →
Group of three bowl barrows on Creech Heath 650m ESE of Dodson's Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument forming part of the larger Creech Heath round barrow cemetery in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014141.
Group of three bowl barrows on Creech Heath 650m ESE of Dodson's Farm, forming part of the Creech Heath 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 1014141.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Iron Age settlement and associated field system on Smedmore Hill (4.4 km), Alum works, other multi-period industrial remains and an associated group of jetties and breakwaters, Kimmeridge Bay (5.5 km), Bowl barrow on Swyre Head (5.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Group of three bowl barrows on Creech Heath 650m ESE of Dodson's Farm, forming part of the Creech Heath round barrow cemetery's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Group of three bowl barrows on Creech Heath 650m ESE of Dodson's Farm, forming part of the Creech Heath round barrow cemetery stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.