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Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow, 200m north east of Haywards Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument comprising three distinct barrow types located in Dorset. The site consists of two bell barrows, characterised by their flat central platforms surrounded by ditches and outer banks, alongside a bowl barrow of simpler hemispherical form, all indicative of Early to Middle Bronze Age funerary practice. These monuments represent the burial traditions of a period roughly spanning the 2nd millennium BCE, when such earthwork structures served as focal points for elite and community interment. The survival of three barrows in close proximity provides valuable archaeological evidence for Bronze Age settlement patterns and ritual practice in this region of south-western England.
Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow, 200m north east of Haywards Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015332. View the official record →
Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow, 200m north east of Haywards Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument comprising three distinct barrow types located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015332.
Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow, 200m north east of Haywards 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 1015332.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 380m north west of Hyford Cottage (9.1 km), Bowl barrow 300m south east of Hyford Cottage (9.3 km), Bell barrow and two bowl barrows on Old Knowle, 835m NNW of Whitcombe Vale Farm (9.4 km).
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Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow, 200m north east of Haywards Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.