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The Hundred Barrow is a bowl barrow located approximately 350 metres south-west of Chalk Pit Farm in Dorset, England. This earthwork monument belongs to the Bronze Age burial tradition, when such mounded structures served as communal or individual sepulchres across the English landscape. The barrow survives as a raised circular mound of characteristic form, representing the funerary practices of prehistoric communities in the region. As a recorded ancient monument, it contributes to the archaeological understanding of Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary customs in Dorset.
The Hundred Barrow, a bowl barrow 350m south west of Chalk Pit Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015892. View the official record →
The Hundred Barrow is a bowl barrow located approximately 350 metres south-west of Chalk Pit Farm in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015892.
The Hundred Barrow, a bowl barrow 350m south west of Chalk Pit 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 1015892.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 240m south of Oak Tree Farm: an outlying barrow of the Coombe Beacon barrow cemetery (9.4 km), Two bowl barrows 400m south-west of Oak Tree Farm: part of the Coombe Beacon barrow cemetery (9.4 km), Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow 400m south-west of Oak Tree Farm: part of the Coombe Beacon round barrow cemetery (9.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of The Hundred Barrow, a bowl barrow 350m south west of Chalk Pit Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
The Hundred Barrow, a bowl barrow 350m south west of Chalk Pit Farm stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.