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Bul Barrow
Hob Uid: 201753
Location : Dorset Woolland
Grid Ref : ST7750005730
Summary : Bowl barrow and beacon (mentioned 1625)
More information : (ST 77500573) Bul Barrow (Tumulus) (NR) (1) 'Bul Barrow', a ditched bowl barrow, 18 paces diameter and 4ft high with a hollow centre. A sharpened bone of a deer 'from Bull Barrow' (a) may equally refer to the Bull Barrow in Holt parish (see SU 00 SE 1). (2) As described in Authy 2 although gorse and bramble-covered. The top of the barrow is entirely scooped out and there is a spoil heap adjoining the mound on the north-west. (3) The barrow called Bulbarrow in Woolland parish was formerly a beacon, and in 1625 the hundreds of Redlane, Brownshull, Sturminster Newton and Buckland were obliged to find watchmen. (4) ST 77500574. Bulbarrow, bowl barrow, 54ft. diameter and 4ft high lies at about 870 ft above sea level. The centre of the mound has been dug. (5) ST 766057. Bul Barrow, round barrow. Scheduled. (6)

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Source details : OS 6" 1902
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : Dorset Barrows 1959 160 (L V Grinsell)
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Source Number : 2a
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Source details : Barrow Diggers p 77 plate 5 No 16
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : F1 JR 15-AUG-55
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : Hutchins Hist of Dorset 3rd Ed 4 1870 419 (Ed W Shipp)
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : RCHM Dorset 3 pt 2 1970 317 No 10
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : DOE (IAM) AMs Eng 1977 75
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Bowl Barrow
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Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post Medieval
Monument End Date : 1901
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : Beacon
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 27360
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : DO 545
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Dorset)
External Cross Reference Number : 10
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 70 NE 13
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Activity type : EXCAVATION
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1955-08-15
End Date : 1955-08-15

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Bul Barrow