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Folly Barrow
Hob Uid: 205930
Location : Dorset Iwerne Minster
Grid Ref : ST8855015620
Summary : A Bronze Age bowl barrow, known as Folly Barrow, located on Bareden Down. The barrow mound measures 16 metres in diaemter and stands 2 metres high. It is surrounded by the remains of a ditch, now visible as a depression 2 metres wide and up to 0.3 metres deep. The barrow lies within an area of prehistoric field system which has been levelled by ploughing. Barrow scheduled.
More information : ST 88551562 Folly Barrow (NR). (1) Folly Barrow. (2) A bowl barrow. Diameter 50 feet, height 5 feet. Ditch 9 feet across and 1 foot deep. (3) The barrow is grass and tree covered. It has a diameter of 16.0m and a height of 1.8m. It is surrounded by a ditch 2.0m wide with an average depth of 0.3m. It is a well shaped bowl barrow without trace of an outer bank. Grinsell, who visited this barrow when it was obscured by vegetation, mistakenly supposed it might be the disc barrow opened by Shipp (ST 81 SE 9). (4) No change since 7 3 56. Name confirmed. Resurveyed at 1:2500. (5) ST 88551562. A Bronze Age bowl barrow, known as Folly Barrow, located on Bareden Down. The barrow mound measures 16 metres in diaemter and stands 2 metres high. It is surrounded by the remains of a ditch, now visible as a depression 2 metres wide and up to 0.3 metres deep. The barrow lies within an area of prehistoric field system which has been levelled by ploughing. Barrow scheduled. (6)

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Source details : OS 6" 1962
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Source details : I Taylor's Map of Sutton Waldron 1765-70 Approx 7 1/2":1 mile Dorset County Museum
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Source details : RCHM Dorset 4 1972 41
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Source details : F1 JR 07-MAR-56
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Source details : Dorset Barrows 1959 115 168 (L V Grinsell)
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Source details : F2 GB 17-FEB-78
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : 11-Dec-01
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
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Monument Type : Bowl Barrow
Evidence : Earthwork

Monument Period Name : Prehistoric
Display Date : Prehistoric
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Monument Type : Field System
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 33558
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 81 NE 25
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1956-03-07
End Date : 1956-03-07

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1978-02-17
End Date : 1978-02-17

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Folly Barrow