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Two bowl barrows 320m south east of East Down House

England
List entry 1015385
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015385
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.1 hectares
Grid reference
ST 86554 00584
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Two bowl barrows 320m south east of East Down House is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. Bowl barrows are among the simplest and most common forms of burial mound, consisting of a circular earthwork constructed over one or more inhumation burials. This pair of monuments represents the ritual and ceremonial practices of prehistoric communities in the region, dating to a period spanning roughly the fourth to second millennia before the present. Such barrows frequently contained grave goods and skeletal remains that shed light on the social organisation, material culture and burial customs of these ancient societies.

Two bowl barrows 320m south east of East Down House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015385. View the official record →

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What is Two bowl barrows 320m south east of East Down House?

Two bowl barrows 320m south east of East Down House is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015385.

Who is responsible for protecting Two bowl barrows 320m south east of East Down House?

Two bowl barrows 320m south east of East Down House 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 1015385.

What other scheduled monuments are near Two bowl barrows 320m south east of East Down House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 610m east of Bere Heath Farm (8.3 km), Bowl barrow 570m south east of Heatherdown (9.3 km), Bowl barrow on Morden Heath, 282m north-east of Decoy House (9.4 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
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Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 610m east of Bere Heath Farm
8.3 km
Bowl barrow 570m south east of Heatherdown
9.3 km
Bowl barrow on Morden Heath, 282m north-east of Decoy House
9.4 km
Bell barrow in Millicent's Plantation
9.6 km
Bowl barrow on Warren Heath, 350m south west of Warren House
9.6 km
Bowl barrow on Gallows Hill
9.8 km
Bowl barrow in East Plantation on Turner's Puddle Heath
9.9 km
Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 970m south east of Wood Barn
10.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Two bowl barrows 320m south east of East Down House

Two bowl barrows 320m south east of East Down House stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Two bowl barrows 320m south east of East Down House

DorchesterRoman town · ~12.4 milesMaiden CastleArchaeological site · ~14.3 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~21.1 milesSiege of Maiden CastleBattle (43) · ~14.3 miles
Domesday entry for Winterborne, Dorset →
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