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Barrow on College Down

A Scheduled Monument in Piddletrenthide, Dorset

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.7907 / 50°47'26"N

Longitude: -2.4449 / 2°26'41"W

OS Eastings: 368734.985246

OS Northings: 99106.956999

OS Grid: SY687991

Mapcode National: GBR MY.ZDDR

Mapcode Global: FRA 57R0.5BM

Entry Name: Barrow on College Down

Scheduled Date: 29 August 1960

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1002842

English Heritage Legacy ID: DO 437

County: Dorset

Civil Parish: Piddletrenthide

Traditional County: Dorset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset

Church of England Parish: Piddletrenthide

Church of England Diocese: Salisbury

Summary

Bowl barrow 900m north-west of Highlands.

Source: Historic England

Details

This record was the subject of a minor enhancement on 19 January 2016. This record has been generated from an "old county number" (OCN) scheduling record. These are monuments that were not reviewed under the Monuments Protection Programme and are some of our oldest designation records.

This monument includes a bowl barrow situated on the upper north west facing slopes of College Down overlooking the dry valley of Kingrove Bottom. The barrow survives as a circular mound measuring up to 14.2m in diameter and 0.2m high with its surrounding quarry ditch from which the construction material was derived preserved as a buried feature.

Further archaeological remains in the vicinity are scheduled separately.

Source: Historic England

Reasons for Scheduling

Bowl barrows, the most numerous form of round barrow, are funerary monuments dating from the Late Neolithic period to the Late Bronze Age, with most examples belonging to the period 2400-1500 BC. They were constructed as earthen or rubble mounds, sometimes ditched, which covered single or multiple burials. They occur either in isolation or grouped as cemeteries and often acted as a focus for burials in later periods. Often superficially similar, although differing widely in size, they exhibit regional variations in form and a diversity of burial practices. Often occupying prominent locations, they are a major historic element in the modern landscape and their considerable variation of form and longevity as a monument type provide important information on the diversity of beliefs and social organisations amongst early prehistoric communities. They are particularly representative of their period. Despite reduction in the height of the mound through cultivation the bowl barrow 900m north west of Highlands will contain archaeological and environmental evidence relating to its construction, longevity, territorial significance, social organisation, funerary and ritual practices and overall landscape context.

Source: Historic England

Sources

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PastScape Monument No:-452929

Source: Historic England

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