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Two bowl barrows in Ashley Wood 750m SSE of Buzbury Rings

England
List entry 1014754
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1014754
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.12 hectares
Grid reference
ST 92290 05260
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Two bowl barrows in Ashley Wood 750m SSE of Buzbury Rings is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. The site comprises two circular burial mounds characteristic of the Bronze Age tradition of individual or small-group interment practices. Bowl barrows of this type typically date from the second millennium BC and represent the primary form of monumental burial in southern Britain during this period. The barrows' survival within Ashley Wood demonstrates the preservation of Bronze Age funerary landscape features in this part of Dorset, situated in proximity to the Iron Age hillfort of Buzbury Rings.

Two bowl barrows in Ashley Wood 750m SSE of Buzbury Rings is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014754. View the official record →

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What is Two bowl barrows in Ashley Wood 750m SSE of Buzbury Rings?

Two bowl barrows in Ashley Wood 750m SSE of Buzbury Rings is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014754.

Who is responsible for protecting Two bowl barrows in Ashley Wood 750m SSE of Buzbury Rings?

Two bowl barrows in Ashley Wood 750m SSE of Buzbury Rings 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 1014754.

What other scheduled monuments are near Two bowl barrows in Ashley Wood 750m SSE of Buzbury Rings?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The White Barrow, a bowl barrow 660m south west of the Round House (8.7 km), Deserted settlement NW of Mountain Clump (9.1 km), Bowl barrow 800m NNW of West Morden Farm (9.3 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
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.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

The White Barrow, a bowl barrow 660m south west of the Round House
8.7 km
Deserted settlement NW of Mountain Clump
9.1 km
Bowl barrow 800m NNW of West Morden Farm
9.3 km
Three bowl barrows on Bloxworth Down, 800m west of Botany Bay Barn
9.9 km
Beacon mound on Beacon Hill
10 km
Bowl barrow on Bloxworth Down, 740m south of Marsh Farm
10.1 km
Round barrow cemetery on Bloxworth Down
10.1 km
Bowl barrow 600m ESE of East Field Farm
10.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Two bowl barrows in Ashley Wood 750m SSE of Buzbury Rings

Two bowl barrows in Ashley Wood 750m SSE of Buzbury Rings stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Two bowl barrows in Ashley Wood 750m SSE of Buzbury Rings

DorchesterRoman town · ~16.9 milesMaiden CastleArchaeological site · ~18.9 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~21.6 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~22 milesSiege of Maiden CastleBattle (43) · ~18.9 miles
Domesday entry for Tarrant, Dorset →
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