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Three bowl barrows on Puddletown Heath, 550m south west of Beacon Corner, is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. The site comprises three separate round burial mounds, characteristic of the bowl barrow form which dominated funerary practice across southern England during the Bronze Age. These earthworks represent an important concentration of burial activity within the Puddletown Heath landscape, an area that contains numerous prehistoric archaeological features. The barrows remain substantially preserved as upstanding earthworks, retaining archaeological and landscape significance as evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial practices in Dorset.
Three bowl barrows on Puddletown Heath, 550m south west of Beacon Corner is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015350. View the official record →
Three bowl barrows on Puddletown Heath, 550m south west of Beacon Corner, is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015350.
Three bowl barrows on Puddletown Heath, 550m south west of Beacon Corner 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 1015350.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barrow 500yds (450m) E of village (8.8 km), Two barrows 600yds (550m) N of Halls Farm (9 km), Four barrows on Moigns Down (9.2 km).
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