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Two bowl barrows on South Heath, 290m and 370m east of Binnegar Hall is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. The site comprises two separate barrows of the bowl type, a common burial form of the Bronze Age period characterised by a simple mound of earth and stone raised over an inhumed or cremated burial. Located on the heathland south of Binnegar Hall, these monuments form part of the significant Bronze Age barrow landscape that survives across the Dorset heaths. The barrows represent important evidence of prehistoric settlement and burial practice in the region during the Bronze Age.
Two bowl barrows on South Heath, 290m and 370m east of Binnegar Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016276. View the official record →
Two bowl barrows on South Heath, 290m and 370m east of Binnegar Hall is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016276.
Two bowl barrows on South Heath, 290m and 370m east of Binnegar Hall 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 1016276.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two barrows known as 'Water Barrows' 650m WNW of Whiteway Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery to the south east of East Lulworth (5.9 km), Two barrows known as 'Ferny Barrows' 500m west of Whiteway Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery to the south-east of East Lulworth (6 km), Round barrow cemetery south-east of East Lulworth 550m north-east of Monastery Farm (6.3 km).
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