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Three bowl barrows at Dry Wood is a Bronze Age burial monument forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery in Dorset. The site consists of three earthen mounds of typical bowl barrow form, representing a characteristic funerary tradition of the second millennium BCE. Bowl barrows of this type were constructed as individual burial monuments, often placed in clusters or cemeteries as here, reflecting Bronze Age mortuary practice and landscape organisation. The Longlands cemetery demonstrates the ceremonial importance of this locality during prehistory, with the barrows serving as enduring monuments to the dead within their community.
Three bowl barrows at Dry Wood, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013265. View the official record →
Three bowl barrows at Dry Wood is a Bronze Age burial monument forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013265.
Three bowl barrows at Dry Wood, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery 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 1013265.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow E of The Buildings (4.1 km), St Peter's Abbey (5.3 km), Two fishponds in Oddens Wood (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Three bowl barrows at Dry Wood, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Three bowl barrows at Dry Wood, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.