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Wardstone Barrow
Hob Uid: 454155
Location : Dorset Chaldon Herring
Grid Ref : SY7934081330
Summary : Wardstone Barrow - bowl barrow
More information : (SY 79348133) Wardstone Barrow (NR) (1) Wardstone Barrow is a bowl barrow measuring 44ft. diameter by 4 1/2 ft. (3) or 6ft. (2) Excavation of the mound in 1867 revealed a primary cremation in an upright Late Bronze Age bucket-urn covered with a flat stone. The urn was preserved at Lulworth Castle but was destroyed by fire in 1928. (3,4) SY 793248133. 'Wardstone Barrow (name not confirmed) - a bowl barrow in arable but not ploughed over. Diameter 13.0m., height 1.4m. No visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. (5)

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Source details : OS 6" 1963
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Source details : RCHM Dorset 2 pt 3 1970 441 No 36
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : Dorset Barrows 1959 98 (L V Grinsell)
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : P Dorset NH & As 77 1955 127-8 (ed R A H Farrar)
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Source Number : 4a
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Source details : Ant J 13 1933 p444 (C Hawkes)
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : F1 JGB 30-JUL-80
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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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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 21913
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : DO 727
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Dorset)
External Cross Reference Number : 37
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SY 78 SE 12
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1867-01-01
End Date : 1867-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1980-07-30
End Date : 1980-07-30

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Wardstone Barrow