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Monument Number 455788
Hob Uid: 455788
Location : Dorset Bere Regis
Grid Ref : SY8613095380
Summary : A bowl barrow with a mound composed of earth, flint and chalk with maximum dimensions of 21 metres in diameter and circa 2.2 metres in height. The mound is surrounded by a quarry ditch which has become infilled over the years, but will survive as a buried feature circa 2 metres wide. Scheduled.
More information : (SY 86139538) Tumulus (NR) (1) A bowl barrow 24 paces diameter, and 8ft high. (2) This barrow has a diameter of 18.0 metres and a height of 2.5 metres. There is no ditch and there are no traces of mutilation. The barrow is fern covered. A fine bowl barrow. (3) SY 86139539. Tree covered, bowl barrow, 56ft diameter and about 10ft high in Bere Wood. (4) A bowl barrow measuring 22.2 metres in diameter and 2.4 metres high. (See ground photographs). Revised at 1:2500 on M.S.D. (5)

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Source details : 6" 1902
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Source details : Grinsell LV. Dorset Barrows Ms 1935-54
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Source details : 12/09/1952
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : 15/05/1981
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Source details : 05/03/1997
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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 409
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 28368
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SY 89 NE 27
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1952-09-12
End Date : 1952-09-12

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1981-05-15
End Date : 1981-05-15

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 455788