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Six bowl barrows on Blacknoll Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. Bowl barrows represent one of the most common forms of burial mound from the Bronze Age period, typically constructed over single or multiple interments and often forming part of wider barrow cemeteries. The six examples at Blacknoll Hill demonstrate the concentrated use of this location for burial practices during the Bronze Age, reflecting the importance of the site within the local ritual landscape. These monuments survive as earthen mounds and form part of the wider archaeological record of prehistoric burial customs in Dorset.
Six bowl barrows on Blacknoll Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015334. View the official record →
Six bowl barrows on Blacknoll Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015334.
Six bowl barrows on Blacknoll Hill 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 1015334.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 900m south east of Chideock Farm (5.2 km), Bowl barrow 650m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery (5.6 km), The Warren field system (5.8 km).
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