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Monument Number 455479
Hob Uid: 455479
Location : Dorset Steeple with Tyneham
Grid Ref : SY8804084120
Summary : A Bronze Age twin-barrow with surrounding oval ditch oriented north west- south east. The north west barrow has a diameter of 13m, with a height of 1.8m. The siuth east barrow has a diameter of 14.5 metres, and a height of 1.4 metres. The berm between the mounds is 0.9 metres high, and 1.5 metres wide at its narrowest point. The surrounding ditch averages 1.7 metres in width and 0.4 metres in depth. Both mounds and ditch are heather and bracken covered. Scheduled.
More information : (SY 88048412) Tumulus (NR) (1) A typical twin-barrow, both mounds being enclosed in an oval ditch. There is no berm except between the mounds. (2) A twin-barrow with surrounding oval ditch, and line of orientation NW-SE. The NW barrow has a diameter of 13.0 metres, with a height of 1.8 metres. The SE barrow has a diameter of 14.5 metres, with a height of 1.4 metres. No surrounding berms. The berm between the mounds is 0.9 metres high, and 1.5 metres wide at its narrowest point. The surrounding ditch averages 1.7 metres in width and 0.4 metres in depth. Both mounds and ditch are heather and bracken covered, and there are no signs of excavation. (3) SY 88048412. Ditched double bowl barrow of oval shape with two crests in profile. The length is 105ft. north west - south east, 69ft. and 62ft. wide beneath crests and respectively 6ft. and 7 1/2ft. high.The ditch, about 10ft. wide, surrounds the whole. (4) SY 880841. Round barrow on Povington Heath. Scheduled. (5) A twin barrow as measured and described by Authority (3), the ditch being slightly waisted between the barrows (see illustration card). Surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. (6)

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Source details : OS 6" 1930
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Source details : F1 FDC 23-OCT-51
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Source details : L V Grinsell 'Dorset Barrows' (unpub)
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Source details : F3 NJA 07-JUL-81
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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 : Round Barrow
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : DO 591
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 21926
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SY 88 SE 29
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1951-10-23
End Date : 1951-10-23

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1952-07-23
End Date : 1952-07-23

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1981-07-07
End Date : 1981-07-07

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 455479