Details

The monument includes a mound, interpreted as a bowl barrow, situated on level
ground on Northport Heath.
The barrow has a mound composed of earth, sand and turf, with maximum
dimensions of 14m in diameter and c.1.1m in height. The mound was surrounded
by a ditch from which material was quarried during its construction. This has
become infilled over the years, but will survive as a buried feature c.1.5m
wide, except on the eastern side where it has been truncated by a pond.

MAP EXTRACT
The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.

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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. There are over 10,000 surviving bowl
barrows recorded nationally (many more have already been destroyed), occurring
across most of lowland Britain. 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
and a substantial proportion of surviving examples are considered worthy of
protection.

The bowl barrow on Northport Heath, 200m south east of Forest Lodge, survives
well and will contain archaeological and environmental evidence relating to
the monument and the landscape in which it was constructed.

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Sources

Books and journals
Grinsell, L V, 'Procs Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Soc.' in Dorset Barrows, (1959), 139
Other
Title: Ordnance Survey 6" Series
Source Date: 1930
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