Scheduled MonumentsEnglandTwo bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy

Two bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy

England
List entry 1002754
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002754
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.1 hectares
Grid reference
SY 66481 85368, SY 66409 85349
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Two bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. Bowl barrows are among the most common form of burial mound from the Bronze Age period, typically comprising a central burial chamber surrounded by an earthen mound of circular plan. The two barrows at this location represent examples of this widespread burial tradition across southern England during the second millennium before the common era. Such monuments are of considerable archaeological significance as indicators of Bronze Age settlement patterns, social organization, and funerary practice in the region.

Two bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002754. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Two bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy?

Two bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002754.

Who is responsible for protecting Two bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy?

Two bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy 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 1002754.

What other scheduled monuments are near Two bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Multi-period archaeological landscape centred on and including a slight univallate hillfort called Chalbury, two bowl barrows, part of a Bronze Age urnfield and a series of medieval strip fields (3.4 km), Humpty Dumpty Field, Radipole (3.9 km), Preston Roman villa (4.7 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
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
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Two bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy

Two bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy stands on Purbeck Limestone Group, bedrock that formed in the Berriasian. The rock here is limestone and mudstone, interbedded.