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Latitude: 50.8308 / 50°49'50"N
Longitude: -2.4221 / 2°25'19"W
OS Eastings: 370367.558192
OS Northings: 103553.409333
OS Grid: ST703035
Mapcode National: GBR MZ.WS6B
Mapcode Global: FRA 56TW.VM7
Entry Name: Round barrow on Church Hill
Scheduled Date: 1 January 1900
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1002869
English Heritage Legacy ID: DO 511
County: Dorset
Civil Parish: Buckland Newton
Traditional County: Dorset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset
Church of England Parish: Alton Pancras St Pancras
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
Bowl barrow 540m north east of Barcombe Farm.
Source: Historic England
This record was the subject of a minor enhancement on 2 February 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 the prominent ridge of Church Hill overlooking the source of the River Piddle or Trent. The barrow survives as an oval mound measuring approximately 9.7m long, 8.3m wide and up to 0.6m high surrounded by a buried quarry ditch from which the construction material was derived.
Source: Historic England
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. The bowl barrow 540m north east of Barcombe Farm is uncultivated but stands within a cultivated field. It survives comparatively well and 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
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Source: Historic England
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