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Three bowl barrows in Holme Lane Plantation, 200m south west of Squirrel's Cottages is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. The site comprises three distinct burial mounds of the type commonly constructed during the second millennium BC, when such barrows served as visible markers for elite or important community members. The monument's survival within the plantation woodland has preserved evidence of Bronze Age mortuary practice in the county, contributing to understanding of prehistoric burial customs and settlement patterns in Dorset. The barrows remain significant as archaeological features documenting early metal-working period activity in this part of southern England.
Three bowl barrows in Holme Lane Plantation, 200m south west of Squirrel's Cottages is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016728. View the official record →
Three bowl barrows in Holme Lane Plantation, 200m south west of Squirrel's Cottages is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016728.
Three bowl barrows in Holme Lane Plantation, 200m south west of Squirrel's Cottages 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 1016728.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Harp Stone (4.9 km), Iron Age settlement and associated field system on Smedmore Hill (6.2 km), Alum works, other multi-period industrial remains and an associated group of jetties and breakwaters, Kimmeridge Bay (6.5 km).
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