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Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 640m south of Wood Barn

A Scheduled Monument in Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle, Dorset

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.7295 / 50°43'46"N

Longitude: -2.2854 / 2°17'7"W

OS Eastings: 379953.548313

OS Northings: 92248.674262

OS Grid: SY799922

Mapcode National: GBR 0ZJ.510

Mapcode Global: FRA 6734.TQS

Entry Name: Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 640m south of Wood Barn

Scheduled Date: 5 March 1997

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1015357

English Heritage Legacy ID: 28356

County: Dorset

Civil Parish: Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle

Traditional County: Dorset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset

Church of England Parish: Tincleton St John the Evangelist

Church of England Diocese: Salisbury

Details

The monument includes a bowl barrow situated on a ridge overlooking the Frome
Valley to the south. The barrow forms part of a group of six which, together,
form a round barrow cemetery situated upon a ridge across Affpuddle Heath and
Bryant's Puddle Heath.
The barrow has a mound composed of earth, sand and turf, with maximum
dimensions of 14m in diameter and c.0.65m in height. The mound is surrounded
by a ditch from which material was quarried during the construction of the
monument. The ditch is no longer visible, as it has become infilled over the
years, but it will survive as a buried feature c.1.5m wide.

MAP EXTRACT
The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.
It includes a 2 metre boundary around the archaeological features,
considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.

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. 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.

Despite some vehicular damage, the bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 640m south
of Wood Barn survives comparatively well and will contain archaeological and
environmental evidence relating to the monument and the landscape in which it
was constructed.

Source: Historic England

Sources

Other
RCHME, National Monuments Record,
RCHME, National Monuments Record,

Source: Historic England

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