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Monument Number 456654

Hob Uid: 456654
Location :
Dorset
Arne
Grid Ref : SY9020087000
Summary : Two Bronze Age bowl barrows. The western barrow is 15m in diameter and circa 1.2m high with a flat top. The barrow to the east is 18m in diameter and 2m high. Both are scheduled.
More information : (A-SY 90248701; 'B' SY 90538709) Tumuli (NR) (two shown) (1)

'A' Diameter 20.0 metres; height 1.7 metres. Flat topped with no
sign of berm or ditch. Now an ornamented mound in the garden with
brick steps up the S side, and planted with shrubs. A stone wall
0.7 metres high surrounds the foot of the mound. Probably a bowl
barrow. (2)

'B' Diameter 19.0 metres; height 2.6 metres. No trace of berm or
ditch. There is a slight depression in the top of the mound which
is tree and bracken covered. Probably a bowl barrow.

'A'. SY 90258701. Round barrow, probably a bowl barrow. Diameter
about 40 feet, height about 4 feet. Converted into a tree-covered
and revetted garden feature.

'B' SY 90538709. Ditched bowl barrow 330 yards ENE of 'A' on the
summit of a ridge, Diameter 65 feet, height 8 1.2 feet. Top
flattened and slightly hollowed ditch recently widened. Fir-covered.(3)

SY 902870. Round barrow at Ivy Cottage, Worgret Hill. Scheduled.
(Barrow 'A'). (4)

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Source details : OS 6" Prov Edn
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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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Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : DO 589
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 28306
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : DO 244
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 29080
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SY 98 NW 4
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1952-07-30
End Date : 1952-07-30