Bowl barrow 850m WNW of Peaked Close House: part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on Corfe Common

The National Heritage List for England records Bowl barrow 850m WNW of Peaked Close House: part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on Corfe Common as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Bowl barrow, dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2000–1500 BCE), is a type of burial monument typically containing a central cist or burial pit. This example is part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on Corfe Common, reflecting the significance of the area as a ceremonial and funerary landscape in prehistoric Britain.