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Three bowl barrows 380m west of West End Barn is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. These earthen mounds, characteristic of the Early to Middle Bronze Age period, represent a common form of burial practice in prehistoric southern England where individual or small family groups were interred beneath rounded earth tumuli. The three barrows, grouped in close proximity, indicate a localised cemetery or ritual funerary landscape typical of Bronze Age settlement patterns. Such monuments survive as important archaeological evidence of burial customs, social organisation, and land use during the Bronze Age, and their preservation contributes to understanding the prehistoric archaeology of the Dorset landscape.
Three bowl barrows 380m west of West End Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015031. View the official record →
Three bowl barrows 380m west of West End Barn is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015031.
Three bowl barrows 380m west of West End Barn 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 1015031.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthwork in Bowley's Plantation (8.5 km), Bell barrow and two bowl barrows on Old Knowle, 835m NNW of Whitcombe Vale Farm (8.7 km), Barrow S of Tinker's Barrow Plantation (8.8 km).
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