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Two bowl barrows 283m SSE of the Grey Mare and her Colts is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. The site comprises two circular mounds characteristic of bowl barrow construction, a common burial form during the Bronze Age period. These earthworks represent evidence of ritual and funerary practice during the second and early first millennia before the Common Era, when such barrow cemeteries were established across southern England. The barrows lie within the broader archaeological landscape of the Grey Mare and her Colts monument complex, contributing to the understanding of Bronze Age settlement and burial patterns in the region.
Two bowl barrows 283m SSE of the Grey Mare and her Colts is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002748. View the official record →
Two bowl barrows 283m SSE of the Grey Mare and her Colts is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002748.
Two bowl barrows 283m SSE of the Grey Mare and her Colts 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 1002748.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Peter's Abbey (2 km), Two fishponds in Oddens Wood (2 km), St Catherine's Chapel, field system and quarries at Chapel Hill (2.4 km).
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Two bowl barrows 283m SSE of the Grey Mare and her Colts stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.