Scheduled MonumentsEnglandLord's Barrow: a bowl barrow 500m north of Northground Dairy

Lord's Barrow: a bowl barrow 500m north of Northground Dairy

England
List entry 1013341
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013341
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.1 hectares
Grid reference
SY 77758 84123
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Lord's Barrow is a bowl barrow located approximately 500 metres north of Northground Dairy in Dorset, England. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a burial mound of a type commonly constructed during the second and third millennia before the present. Bowl barrows of this period typically contained inhumed or cremated remains, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status of the deceased. The site is recorded in the National Heritage List for England under entry 1013341 and remains a significant example of prehistoric funerary practice in the region.

Lord's Barrow: a bowl barrow 500m north of Northground Dairy is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013341. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Lord's Barrow: a bowl barrow 500m north of Northground Dairy?

Lord's Barrow is a bowl barrow located approximately 500 metres north of Northground Dairy in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013341.

Who is responsible for protecting Lord's Barrow: a bowl barrow 500m north of Northground Dairy?

Lord's Barrow: a bowl barrow 500m north of Northground Dairy 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 1013341.

What other scheduled monuments are near Lord's Barrow: a bowl barrow 500m north of Northground Dairy?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 650m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery (2.9 km), Bowl barrow 660m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery (2.9 km), Two bowl barrows 200m south east of Hill Barn: two of a group of three barrows (3 km).

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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
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Lord's Barrow: a bowl barrow 500m north of Northground Dairy

Lord's Barrow: a bowl barrow 500m north of Northground Dairy stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Lord's Barrow: a bowl barrow 500m north of Northground Dairy

DorchesterRoman town · ~6.6 milesMaiden CastleArchaeological site · ~7.2 milesSiege of Maiden CastleBattle (43) · ~7.3 miles