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Two bowl barrows on Great Ovens Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, situated approximately 650 metres and 570 metres north-northwest of Sandford Bridge. The site comprises two separate round barrows, representing typical Bronze Age burial practice in southern England. Bowl barrows of this type date predominantly to the Early to Middle Bronze Age, characterised by their distinctive circular earthen mounds constructed over cremated or inhumed remains. These monuments form part of the broader landscape of Bronze Age ritual and funerary activity that characterises Dorset's archaeological record.
Two bowl barrows on Great Ovens Hill, 650m and 570m NNW of Sandford Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016934. View the official record →
Two bowl barrows on Great Ovens Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset, situated approximately 650 metres and 570 metres north-northwest of Sandford Bridge. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016934.
Two bowl barrows on Great Ovens Hill, 650m and 570m NNW of Sandford Bridge 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 1016934.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Harp Stone (9 km), Bowl barrow 1120m WNW of Peaked Close House: part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on Corfe Common (9.2 km), Bowl barrow 200m south east of East Orchard (9.2 km).
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Two bowl barrows on Great Ovens Hill, 650m and 570m NNW of Sandford Bridge stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.