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Two bowl barrows in Plumley Wood is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located on Cranborne Common in Hampshire. The barrows, situated approximately 800 and 850 metres south of Decoy Pond, represent earthen burial mounds of a type commonly constructed during the second and third millennia before the present. Bowl barrows of this form typically comprised a circular mound of earth and rubble raised over a central burial, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status and beliefs of the interred individual. The survival of these monuments on Cranborne Common contributes to the archaeological evidence of prehistoric settlement and burial practice in the Hampshire downland landscape.
Two bowl barrows in Plumley Wood, 800m and 850m south of decoy pond, on Cranborne Common is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018756. View the official record →
Two bowl barrows in Plumley Wood is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located on Cranborne Common in Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018756.
Two bowl barrows in Plumley Wood, 800m and 850m south of decoy pond, on Cranborne Common 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 1018756.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 620m south of Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar in Ringwood Forest (3.6 km), Bowl barrow on Ashley Heath, 510m south east of Duncombe Lodge (4.4 km), Bowl barrow on the eastern part of Ashley Heath, 660m north west of Ashley Lodge (4.6 km).
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