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Two bowl barrows on Godlingston Heath is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located on Godlingston Heath in Dorset. The site comprises two earthen mounds of the common bowl barrow type, a standard burial form employed across southern England during the Bronze Age for the interment of individual or collective remains. The barrows retain their characteristic rounded dome shape, though like many such monuments they have been subject to ploughing and erosion over the centuries. The monument is recorded as a scheduled ancient monument, reflecting its archaeological and historical importance as evidence of prehistoric burial practices in the Purbeck region.
Two bowl barrows on Godlingston Heath is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013838. View the official record →
Two bowl barrows on Godlingston Heath is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located on Godlingston Heath in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013838.
Two bowl barrows on Godlingston Heath 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 1013838.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The old prison and pump (3.6 km), Bowl barrow 500m north east of Afflington Farm (4.7 km), Medieval settlement at Afflington (4.8 km).
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Two bowl barrows on Godlingston Heath stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.