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Latitude: 50.7172 / 50°43'1"N
Longitude: -2.4983 / 2°29'54"W
OS Eastings: 364913.620752
OS Northings: 90956.559219
OS Grid: SY649909
Mapcode National: GBR PX.09CW
Mapcode Global: FRA 57N5.VY2
Entry Name: Barrow S of Three-Cornered Plantation
Scheduled Date: 27 March 1958
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1003225
English Heritage Legacy ID: DO 350
County: Dorset
Civil Parish: Bradford Peverell
Traditional County: Dorset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset
Church of England Parish: Bradford Peverell Church of the Assumption
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
Bowl barrow 460m east of Bradford Down Farm.
Source: Historic England
This record was the subject of a minor enhancement on 12 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 east facing slopes of Bradford Down at the head of a dry valley leading towards the River Frome. The barrow survives as a low circular mound of approximately 13m in diameter and 0.1m 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. Despite significant reduction in the height of the mound through cultivation the bowl barrow 460m east of Bradford Down Farm will retain 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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