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Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 650m south of southern corner of New Covert

A Scheduled Monument in Merley & Bearwood, Poole

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.7649 / 50°45'53"N

Longitude: -1.9525 / 1°57'8"W

OS Eastings: 403447.589498

OS Northings: 96150

OS Grid: SZ034961

Mapcode National: GBR XWV.QS

Mapcode Global: FRA 67S2.557

Entry Name: Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 650m south of southern corner of New Covert

Scheduled Date: 20 January 1932

Last Amended: 14 July 1999

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1018487

English Heritage Legacy ID: 31058

County: Poole

Electoral Ward/Division: Merley & Bearwood

Traditional County: Dorset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset

Church of England Parish: Canford Magna

Church of England Diocese: Salisbury

Details

The monument includes a bowl barrow 650m south of southern corner of New
Covert, part of a dispersed group of barrows on Canford Heath. The barrow lies
near the edge of a plateau overlooking a valley to the north west and north.
The barrow has a mound 15m in diameter and 1.6m high with a slight depression
in the top of it suggesting that it may have been partially excavated in the
past. Surrounding the mound is a quarry ditch from which material to construct
it was derived. This survives as a slight depression on the northern side of
the mound but has been disturbed by surface gravel digging on the south
western and south eastern sides. It will however survive as a buried feature
approximately 2m 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.

The bowl barrow on Canford Heath 650m south of southern corner of New Covert
is a well preserved example of its class and will contain archaeological
remains providing information about Bronze Age burial practices, economy and
environment.

Source: Historic England

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