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Two bowl barrows 700m south east of Kingston Russell Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument forming part of the extensive Black Down round barrow cemetery in Dorset. The barrows are of the bowl type, characterized by their simple hemispherical mounds raised over cremated or inhumed remains, and represent a significant concentration of funerary monuments from the second millennium BCE. Their position within the Black Down cemetery, which contains multiple barrows distributed across the landscape, reflects the importance of this area as a burial ground during the Bronze Age. The site demonstrates the typical funerary practices and settlement patterns of Bronze Age communities in Dorset.
Two bowl barrows 700m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011698. View the official record →
Two bowl barrows 700m south east of Kingston Russell Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument forming part of the extensive Black Down round barrow cemetery in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011698.
Two bowl barrows 700m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery 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 1011698.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two round barrows on Wears Hill (5.2 km), Round barrow E of The Buildings (5.6 km), St Peter's Abbey (5.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Two bowl barrows 700m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Two bowl barrows 700m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.