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Thorn Barrow is a bowl barrow located on East Holme Range in Dorset, approximately 650 metres north-east of Whiteway Farm. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a typical example of the burial mounds that characterise this period across southern England. The barrow survives as a substantial earthwork with the characteristic dome or bowl-shaped profile from which its class derives, and its presence within the East Holme Range reflects the concentration of prehistoric funerary monuments across the heathland landscape of Purbeck. As a scheduled ancient monument, Thorn Barrow remains significant for understanding Bronze Age mortuary practice and settlement patterns in this region of Dorset.
Thorn Barrow: a bowl barrow on East Holme Range, 650m north-east of Whiteway Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009610. View the official record →
Thorn Barrow is a bowl barrow located on East Holme Range in Dorset, approximately 650 metres north-east of Whiteway Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009610.
Thorn Barrow: a bowl barrow on East Holme Range, 650m north-east of Whiteway 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 1009610.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow on Boat Knoll (1.2 km), Round barrow cemetery south-east of East Lulworth 550m north-east of Monastery Farm (1.4 km), Flower's Barrow: a small multivallate hillfort and associated outwork on Rings Hill (1.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Thorn Barrow: a bowl barrow on East Holme Range, 650m north-east of Whiteway Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Thorn Barrow: a bowl barrow on East Holme Range, 650m north-east of Whiteway Farm stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.