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The Henbury Barrow is a bowl barrow located approximately 800 metres west of Henbury Hall in Dorset. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a burial mound of the type commonly constructed during the second millennium BC across southern England. Bowl barrows of this form typically consist of a circular earthwork with a central burial pit, serving as a communal or elite burial monument. The barrow survives as an earthwork feature and remains an important archaeological record of Bronze Age funerary practice in the Dorset landscape.
The Henbury Barrow, a bowl barrow 800m west of Henbury Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015371. View the official record →
The Henbury Barrow is a bowl barrow located approximately 800 metres west of Henbury Hall in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015371.
The Henbury Barrow, a bowl barrow 800m west of Henbury Hall 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 1015371.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Former Royal Naval Cordite Factory (6.9 km), Bowl barrow on Morden Heath, 282m north-east of Decoy House (7 km), Light Anti-aircraft battery on Holton Heath, 210m west of Sandford House (7.7 km).
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