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Latitude: 50.7835 / 50°47'0"N
Longitude: -2.0738 / 2°4'25"W
OS Eastings: 394890.979378
OS Northings: 98214.508822
OS Grid: SY948982
Mapcode National: GBR 31P.Y7V
Mapcode Global: FRA 67J0.RVY
Entry Name: The Henbury Barrow, a bowl barrow 800m west of Henbury Hall
Scheduled Date: 13 February 1953
Last Amended: 5 March 1997
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1015371
English Heritage Legacy ID: 28369
County: Dorset
Civil Parish: Sturminster Marshall
Traditional County: Dorset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset
Church of England Parish: Sturminster Marshall St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
The monument includes a bowl barrow situated on gently sloping ground
overlooking the Stour Valley to the north.
The barrow has a mound composed of earth, flint and chalk, with maximum
dimensions of 15m in diameter and c.1.5m in height. The mound is surrounded by
a ditch from which material was quarried during the construction of the
monument. The ditch has become part infilled over the years, but remains
visible as an earthwork 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
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 Henbury Barrow survives well and will contain archaeological and
environmental evidence relating to the monument and the landscape in which it
was constructed.
Source: Historic England
Other
Mention area of woodland, RCHME, National Monuments Record,
RCHME, National Monuments Record,
Source: Historic England
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