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The northern of two bowl barrows on Holme Mount is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. Bowl barrows of this type are among the most common form of burial mound from the Bronze Age period, typically dating from around 2000 to 1500 BCE, and served as repositories for cremated or inhumed remains of the dead, often accompanied by grave goods. The barrow at Holme Mount represents the archaeological record of ritual practices and social organisation during this prehistoric period. As part of a pair of barrows on the same location, it demonstrates the continued use of burial sites and the accumulation of funerary monuments across generations.
The northern of two bowl barrows on Holme Mount is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009859. View the official record →
The northern of two bowl barrows on Holme Mount is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009859.
The northern of two bowl barrows on Holme Mount 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 1009859.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Harp Stone (4.1 km), Iron Age settlement and associated field system on Smedmore Hill (5.4 km), Alum works, other multi-period industrial remains and an associated group of jetties and breakwaters, Kimmeridge Bay (5.7 km).
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