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Two bowl barrows 360m south east of East Down House is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. Bowl barrows represent one of the most common forms of burial mound found across southern England during the Bronze Age, typically consisting of a single central burial chamber beneath a earthen mound of modest height. This example, comprising two distinct mounds, reflects the continued use of barrow burial practice during the second and third millennia before Christ and forms part of the wider Bronze Age funerary landscape characteristic of Dorset's archaeological heritage. Such monuments are important indicators of settlement patterns and social organisation in prehistoric England.
Two bowl barrows 360m south east of East Down House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015384. View the official record →
Two bowl barrows 360m south east of East Down House is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015384.
Two bowl barrows 360m 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 1015384.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 610m east of Bere Heath Farm (8.2 km), Bowl barrow 570m south east of Heatherdown (9.2 km), Bowl barrow on Morden Heath, 282m north-east of Decoy House (9.4 km).
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Two bowl barrows 360m south east of East Down House stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.