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Two bowl barrows on Drove Hill is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. The site consists of two distinct bowl barrows, which are among the most common forms of prehistoric burial mound found across southern England. These earthworks date to the later prehistoric period and represent important evidence of ritual practices and settlement patterns in Bronze Age Dorset. The barrows' survival to the present day, despite agricultural activity across the landscape, makes them significant archaeological features for understanding prehistoric monument construction and use in the region.
Two bowl barrows on Drove Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002765. View the official record →
Two bowl barrows on Drove Hill is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002765.
Two bowl barrows on Drove Hill 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 1002765.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 900m south east of Chideock Farm (4.9 km), Bowl barrow 650m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery (5.1 km), The Warren field system (5.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Two bowl barrows on Drove Hill's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Two bowl barrows on Drove Hill stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.