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Stephen's Castle, a bowl barrow 720m east of Eastworth Farm

England
List entry 1021148
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1021148
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
SU 09107 09707
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Stephen's Castle is a bowl barrow situated approximately 720 metres east of Eastworth Farm in Dorset. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a common form of burial mound constructed during the second millennium BC. Bowl barrows of this type typically comprise a central burial pit surrounded by an earthen mound, often covering inhumation or cremation deposits along with associated grave goods. The site's survival as an upstanding earthwork contributes to the archaeological understanding of Bronze Age funerary practices in the Dorset landscape.

Stephen's Castle, a bowl barrow 720m east of Eastworth Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021148. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Stephen's Castle, a bowl barrow 720m east of Eastworth Farm?

Stephen's Castle is a bowl barrow situated approximately 720 metres east of Eastworth Farm in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021148.

Who is responsible for protecting Stephen's Castle, a bowl barrow 720m east of Eastworth Farm?

Stephen's Castle, a bowl barrow 720m east of Eastworth Farm 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 1021148.

What other scheduled monuments are near Stephen's Castle, a bowl barrow 720m east of Eastworth Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Summerlug Hill 250m south of Mannington Farm (5.4 km), Bull Barrow on Holt Heath (5.9 km), Three bowl barrows in Avon Heath Country Park, two 620m and one 700m north west of Matcham's House (8.5 km).

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Overview
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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
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow on Summerlug Hill 250m south of Mannington Farm
5.4 km
Bull Barrow on Holt Heath
5.9 km
Three bowl barrows in Avon Heath Country Park, two 620m and one 700m north west of Matcham's House
8.5 km
Bowl barrow 750m south west of Palmers Ford Farm
9 km
Bowl barrow 250m west of Ferndown Upper School
9.3 km
Four bowl barrows on Foxbury Hill, Barnsfield Heath, 750m south west of Matcham's Park stadium
9.7 km
Three bowl barrows on Cannon Hill
9.8 km
Two bowl barrows at Gibbet Firs, 950m south west and 1080m south west of Palmers Ford Works
10 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Stephen's Castle, a bowl barrow 720m east of Eastworth Farm

Stephen's Castle, a bowl barrow 720m east of Eastworth Farm stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.

The wider landscape

Around Stephen's Castle, a bowl barrow 720m east of Eastworth Farm

Old SarumArchaeological site · ~14.6 milesStonehengeArchaeological site · ~20.3 miles
Domesday entry for Edmondsham, Dorset →
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