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Monument Number 451419

Hob Uid: 451419
Location :
Dorset
Askerswell
Grid Ref : SY5490093940
Summary : Group of 6 round barrows, all probably bowl barrows
More information : [Group centred SY 54909394] Tumuli (NR)
Tumuli (NR) (1)

'A' SY 54729413. A bowl barrow 10 paces in diameter and 0.75 ft
high.
'B' A bowl barrow; diameter 16 paces, height 2 ft.
'C' Bowl barrow; diameter 23 paces, height 3 ft.
'D, E & F'. Three bowl barrows with respective diameters of 9, 10 &
12 paces, and from 3 ins to 1 ft high. (1). [Similar information].
(2 - 3)

These barrows are on arable ground: A and B in areas of grass, the
others under a hay crop.

A: Not visible, and probably ploughed out; 'site of'.
B: A grass covered bowl barrow with no visible ditch.
The mound is 15.0m in diameter and 0.6m high, and there are
swallow holes to the NW and NE of the barrow.
C: A bowl barrow, with no visible ditch; diameter 14.0m, height 0.7m.D: A slight unsurveyable mound, visible mainly as a crop mark; 'site
of'.
E: This bowl barrow is almost ploughed out; it has a diameter of
9.0m, and a height of 0.1m.
F: A ditchless bowl barrow, diameter 12.0m, height 0.3m. (4)

Six bowl barrows listed, details as Auth 2.

| OS | GRINSELL | RCHME |
|------|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
| A | SY 54729413 ASKERSWELL 6 | ASKERSWELL 19a |
|------|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
| B | SY 54949389 LITTON CHENEY 1 | LITTON CHENEY 12 |
|------|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
| C | SY 54899404 ASKERSWELL 2 | ASKERSWELL 19b |
|------|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
| D | SY 54939399 ASKERSWELL 3 | ASKERSWELL 19c |
|------|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
| E | SY 54939397 ASKERSWELL 4 | ASKERSWELL 19d |
|------|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
| F | SY 54899395 ASKERSWELL 5 | ASKERSWELL 19e |
----------------------------------------------------------------- (5)

SY 549940. Three round barrows W of Two Gates. Scheduled. (Barrows
B, C and F). Three more round barrows originally part of the group
and recorded by RCHME as being circa 1 ft high are now ploughed out.
Visited in 1958. (6 - 7)

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Source details : OS 6" 1903
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Source details : Dorset Barrows Mss 1934/55 (L V Grinsell)
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Source details : RCHME Dorset 1 - West 1952 15 137 Askerswell 19 Litton Cheyney 12
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Source details : F1 NVQ 20-MAY-55
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Source details : Dorset Barrows 1952 87 117 (L V Grinsell)
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Source details : DOE(IAM)AMs Eng 2 1978 59
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Source Number : 7
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Source details : DOE(IAM) Record Form 1958
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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, Barrow Cemetery
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Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : DO 179a
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : DO 179b
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : DO 179c
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SY 59 SW 26
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1955-05-20
End Date : 1955-05-20