More information : (SY 74698259; SY 74928260; SY 75108258; SY 75208257 Tumulus (NR) (twice) Tumuli (NR) (1)
Four bowl barrows at wide intervals in W-E line along spine of
ridge above 400ft contour at Osmington.
(A) Bowl (74698259). Much damaged by gun emplacement in centre.
(B) Bowl (74928260) 270 yds. E of (A). Diam. 51 ft., ht. 5 ft.,
with many flints on surface. Ploughed.
(C) Bowl (75108258) 180 yds. E of (B). Diam. 51 ft., ht. 4 ft.
Ploughed.
(D) Ditched bowl (?) (75208257) 90 yds. E of (C). Diam. 54 ft.,
ht. 2 1/2 ft. (2,3)
SY 749826. Three barrows south of Poxwell Big Wood. Scheduled. (4)
'A' SY 74678260. Bowl barrow in pasture. Overgrown and very
mutilated. Diameter 14.0m., height 1.5m. No visible ditch.
'B' SY 74928260. Bowl barrow in grass, may have been ploughed
over. Diameter 14.0m., height 1.0m. No visible ditch.
'C' SY 75098257. Bowl barrow in pasture. Diameter 15.5m.,
height 1.0m. No visible ditch.
'D' SY 75198257. Bowl barrow in pasture. Diameter 14.0m.,
height 0.9m. No visible ditch.
Both of these barrows ('C') and ('D') appear to have been
ploughed down.
Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. (5)
Barrows A,B and C are those Scheduled (see illust). (6)
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