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Windmill Barrow, a bowl barrow 40m south west of Windmill Barrow Farm

England
List entry 1016073
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016073
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.1 hectares
Grid reference
SY 93718 97741
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Windmill Barrow is a bowl barrow situated approximately forty metres south-west of Windmill Barrow Farm in Dorset, England. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a funerary monument typical of the period, constructed as a burial mound with a bowl-shaped profile. The barrow survives as an earthwork feature within the landscape, preserving evidence of Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in the region. As a scheduled monument, it remains an important archaeological resource for understanding prehistoric burial customs and social organization in Dorset.

Windmill Barrow, a bowl barrow 40m south west of Windmill Barrow Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016073. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Windmill Barrow, a bowl barrow 40m south west of Windmill Barrow Farm?

Windmill Barrow is a bowl barrow situated approximately forty metres south-west of Windmill Barrow Farm in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016073.

Who is responsible for protecting Windmill Barrow, a bowl barrow 40m south west of Windmill Barrow Farm?

Windmill Barrow, a bowl barrow 40m south west of Windmill Barrow Farm 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 1016073.

What other scheduled monuments are near Windmill Barrow, a bowl barrow 40m south west of Windmill Barrow Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows on Great Ovens Hill, 650m and 570m NNW of Sandford Bridge (8.3 km), Bowl barrow on Northport Heath, 200m south east of Forest Lodge (9 km), Bowl barrow on Trigon Hill, 880m north east of Trigon House (9.3 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Two bowl barrows on Great Ovens Hill, 650m and 570m NNW of Sandford Bridge
8.3 km
Bowl barrow on Northport Heath, 200m south east of Forest Lodge
9 km
Bowl barrow on Trigon Hill, 880m north east of Trigon House
9.3 km
Four bowl barrows 150m north east of Seven Barrows Farm
9.3 km
Four bowl barrows 70m east of Seven Barrows Farm
9.4 km
Bowl barrow on Arne Hill 270m south west of Arne Dairy House
10.1 km
Heavy Anti-aircraft battery on Arne Hill
10.2 km
Bowl barrow on Arne Hill 200m south of Arne Dairy House
10.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Windmill Barrow, a bowl barrow 40m south west of Windmill Barrow Farm

Windmill Barrow, a bowl barrow 40m south west of Windmill Barrow Farm stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.

The wider landscape

Around Windmill Barrow, a bowl barrow 40m south west of Windmill Barrow Farm

DorchesterRoman town · ~15.8 milesMaiden CastleArchaeological site · ~17.6 milesSiege of Maiden CastleBattle (43) · ~17.6 miles
Domesday entry for Charborough, Dorset →
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