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Three bowl barrows on Northport Heath is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located near Alpha Farm in Dorset. These three earthwork mounds represent a typical burial tradition of the Bronze Age period, when such barrows served as communal or individual sepulchral monuments. The barrows are positioned at distances of 940 metres and 985 metres north-east of Alpha Farm, within the archaeological landscape of Northport Heath. The site demonstrates the dispersed pattern of barrow construction characteristic of Bronze Age mortuary practices across the Dorset heathlands.
Three bowl barrows on Northport Heath, 940m and 985m north east of Alpha Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019147. View the official record →
Three bowl barrows on Northport Heath is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located near Alpha Farm in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019147.
Three bowl barrows on Northport Heath, 940m and 985m north east of Alpha 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 1019147.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Harp Stone (9.7 km), Bowl barrow 200m south east of East Orchard (10.2 km), Bowl barrow 1120m WNW of Peaked Close House: part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on Corfe Common (10.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Three bowl barrows on Northport Heath, 940m and 985m north east of Alpha Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Three bowl barrows on Northport Heath, 940m and 985m north east of Alpha Farm stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.