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Monument Number 453988
Hob Uid: 453988
Location : Dorset Whitcombe
Grid Ref : SY7193088780
Summary : Two Bronze Age bowl barrows visible as earthworks on Whitcombe Hill. The one to the south west has a diameter of 28 metres and a height of 3 metres. It has a flat top with a diameter of 4 metres. The barrow is thickly overgrown and bisected by a parish boundary bank. The second barrow to the north east has been ploughed-down. It has an approximate diameter of 20 metres and a maximum height of 1 metre. Scheduled.
More information : ('A' - SY 71818864) Tumulus (NR) (1) ('B' - SY 71938878) Mound (NAT) (2) 'A'. Tree and bush covered bowl barrow with no visible surrounding ditch and no positive sign of excavation. Diameter 24.5m. north to south and 26.0m. east to west. Height 4.0m. taken from the south west. 'B'. Near circular mound, under plough, 29.0m. diameter by 1.0m. high, with no sign of a ditch. Possibly a bowl barrow. (3) 'A'. Bowl barrow 13 feet high by 26 paces diameter north to south and 28 paces diameter east to west. (4) 'A' - SY 71818865. A circular bowl barrow, thickly overgrown, bisected by a parish boundary bank. Its diameter is 30.0m., height 4.3m., with a flat top of diameter 4.0m. 'B' - SY 71938878. A ploughed-down probable bowl barrow, of approximate diameter 20.0m., and height 1.0m. maximum. Both published surveys (1:2500) revised. (5)

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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
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : DO 417
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 33538
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 33539
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SY 78 NW 17
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1954-08-19
End Date : 1954-08-19

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1979-11-16
End Date : 1979-11-16

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 453988