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Monument Number 455267
Hob Uid: 455267
Location : Dorset Wool
Grid Ref : SY8136087740
Summary : Two Bronze Age bwowl barrows situated on a knoll overlooking Frome Valley to the north. The larger barrow is 18m in diameter and 1.5m high with a ditch visible as a 2m wide depression to the north and south, elsware the ditch will survive as a buried feature. The upper part of the mound has a number of trenches cut into it of military origin. This barrow is scheduled. The other barrow is scrub covered.
More information : (SY 81368775) Tumulus (NR) (1) A large bowl barrow with a ditch. (2) This barrow has a diameter of 18.0 metres and a height of 1.7 metres. It has a ditch in the southern half, 2.0 metres wide and 0.4 metres deep. There is no trace of a ditch in the East and North-West while, in the North, the ditch is 2.0 metres wide and 0.1 metres deep. The barrow has been badly mutilated on top by a network of trenches, possibly military. It is covered with gorse and heather. There were no surface finds. A bowl barrow. (3) SY 81368775. Ditched bowl barrow, 57ft. diameter and 5ft. high with ditch 10ft wide and 2 ft deep, situated on a small heathland spur above the 100ft contour. The mound is steep-sided and flat-topped, though hollowed in the centre. (4) SY 814877. Round barrow NW of Hyford Cottage. Scheduled. (5) A scrub covered bowl barrow at SY 81368774 which generally accords with the description and measurements of Authority (3). See ground photograph. Revised at 1:2500 on M.S.D. (6)

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Source details : OS 6" 1902
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Source details : Dorset Barrows Ms 1935-54 (L V Grinsell)
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Source details : English Heritage Schedule Entry 17/4/1997
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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 252
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 28340
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SY 88 NW 3
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1952-09-26
End Date : 1952-09-26

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1981-06-25
End Date : 1981-06-25

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 455267