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Three bowl barrows on The Knoll 450m north west of Treetops is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. The site comprises three burial mounds characteristic of the Early to Middle Bronze Age period, when such barrows served as communal or individual burial structures for elevated members of prehistoric society. These earthwork monuments represent important archaeological evidence of Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in Dorset, and their preservation as scheduled ancient monuments reflects their significance to understanding the region's prehistoric past.
Three bowl barrows on The Knoll 450m north west of Treetops is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018412. View the official record →
Three bowl barrows on The Knoll 450m north west of Treetops is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018412.
Three bowl barrows on The Knoll 450m north west of Treetops 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 1018412.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two round barrows on Wears Hill (3.1 km), Four bowl barrows 725m ESE of Wears Farm (3.9 km), Dyke on Wears Hill (3.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Three bowl barrows on The Knoll 450m north west of Treetops's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Three bowl barrows on The Knoll 450m north west of Treetops stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.