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Hundred Barrow
Hob Uid: 456247
Location : Dorset Bere Regis
Grid Ref : SY8446093770
Summary : Bronze Age bowl barrow reused as the the meeting place of the Domesday Hundreds of Bere. It is situated on a spur overlooking the Bere Valley to the east. The monument concists of a mound 16m in diameter and 2.2m high, it is surounded by an infilled ditch 1.5m wide.
More information : (SY 8446 9377) Hundred Barrow (Tumulus) (NR) (1) Large bowl barrow, no details. (2) This barrow has a diameter of 18.0 metres and a height of 2.6 metres. It has no surrounding ditch and is covered with thorn bushes, brambles and ferns. No visible trace of mutilation. A bowl barrow. (3) SY 8446 9378. Hundred Barrow, bowl barrow, 58ft diameter and 7ft high damaged by rabbits on summit of small spur. (4) Hundred Barrow was the meeting place of the old Domesday hundred of Bere. In the 12th century, a smaller hundred named after the barrow, i.e. Barrow (or Hundreds Barrow) was created out of the original Bere hundred. (5) SY 8446 9377. Hundred Barrow. Resurveyed 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 : F1 JR 15-SEP-52
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Source details : pt 3, No. 76.
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Source details : Dorset 1, 1977 (A D Mills)
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : F2 JGB 06-FEB-81
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Source Number : 7
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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

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Norman and later
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Moot
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : DO 411
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 28331
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SY 89 SW 17
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1952-09-15
End Date : 1952-09-15

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1981-02-06
End Date : 1981-02-06

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Hundred Barrow