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Two bowl barrows at the south west corner of Pond Bottom Plantation, 1480m and 1520m NNW of Down Barn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. These barrows form part of the broader barrow landscape characteristic of the Dorset uplands, where such burial mounds were constructed as earthen tumuli to contain cremated or inhumed remains of the deceased. The site's survival in the plantation setting preserves an important record of prehistoric burial practice and settlement distribution across the county. Both barrows are scheduled monuments, reflecting their significance as archaeological remains from the prehistoric period.
Two bowl barrows at the south west corner of Pond Bottom Plantation, 1480m and 1520m NNW of Down Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020707. View the official record →
Two bowl barrows at the south west corner of Pond Bottom Plantation, 1480m and 1520m NNW of Down Barn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020707.
Two bowl barrows at the south west corner of Pond Bottom Plantation, 1480m and 1520m NNW of Down Barn 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 1020707.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A shrunken medieval village and earlier prehistoric settlement remains at Walnut Tree Field (7.8 km), Medieval standing cross 15m south west of St Mary's Church (7.9 km), Combe Ditch, linear dyke (8.5 km).
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Two bowl barrows at the south west corner of Pond Bottom Plantation, 1480m and 1520m NNW of Down Barn stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.