Scheduled Monument: Bowl barrow 250m north west of Veiny Cheese Pond (SM27468)

EXTRACT FROM ENGLISH HERITAGE'S RECORD OF SCHEDULED MONUMENTS MONUMENT: Bowl barrow 250m north west of Veiny Cheese Pond PARISH: LONG CRICHEL DISTRICT: EAST DORSET COUNTY: DORSET NATIONAL MONUMENT NO: 27468 NATIONAL GRID REFERENCE(S): ST96161170 DESCRIPTION OF THE MONUMENT The monument includes a bowl barrow on a south east facing slope, 250m north west of Veiny Cheese Pond, one of a larger group of barrows scattered on the western side of the Crichel Valley. The barrow has a mound which is 30m in diameter and a maximum of 0.50m high. Surrounding the mound is a quarry ditch from which material was excavated during its excavation. This has become infilled over the years but survives as a buried feature c.3m wide. ASSESSMENT OF IMPORTANCE 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 250m north west of Veiny Cheese Pond, despite being reduced in height by ploughing, will contain archaeological remains providing information about Bronze Age burial practices, economy and environment. SCHEDULING HISTORY Monument included in the Schedule on 28th March 1958 as: COUNTY/NUMBER: Dorset 358 NAME: Barrows NE of Launceston Down Scheduling amended on 31st August 1962 to: COUNTY/NUMBER: Dorset 358 NAME: Long Crichel, round barrow NE of Launceston Down The reference of this monument is now: NATIONAL MONUMENT NUMBER: 27468 NAME: Bowl barrow 250m north west of Veiny Cheese Pond SCHEDULING REVISED ON 03rd July 1997

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