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Seven Barrows

Hob Uid: 456668
Location :
Dorset
Wareham Town
Grid Ref : SY9120088700
Summary : The monument includes a group of eight bowl barrows comprising a round barrow cemetery, situated on a ridge overlooking Poole Harbour to the south east and with views to the Purbeck Hills to the south. The barrows, which are aligned north east-south west, each have a mound composed of earth, sand and turf, with maximum dimensions of between 10-25 metres in diameter and circa 0.2-0.8 metres in height. The mounds are each surrounded by a ditch from which material was quarried during the construction of the monument. The ditches have become infilled over the years, but each will survive as a buried feature circa 1.5-2 metres wide. Scheduled.
More information : (Centred SY 912887) Seven Barrows (NR) (1)

Seven Barrows, group of eight barrows, all but ('F') in a near-
straight line SW-NE on the summit of a small but sharply-defined
heathland ridge above the 100ft contour. A ninth possibly
existed at 'J'-SY 91168857 but no trace remains. Probably all but
(13) were dug into by Shipp and Durden in 1844 without result
(C.T.D.,cpf, No 1).

A-(8) Bowl (91148864) Diam. 66ft. ht. 3 1/2ft. Top markedly flat,
apparently an original feature.

B-(9) Bowl (91168868) 30 yards NE of (8). Diam 64ft. ht 3 1/2ft.
Flat-topped as (8).

C-(10) Bowl (91188870). 50 yards NE of (9). Diam. about 37ft., ht.
4 1/2ft.

D-(11) Bowl (91188874) 30 yards NNE of (10). Diam. about 30ft. ht.
about 2ft.

E-(12) Bowl (91918878) 60 yards NE of (11). Diam: about 37ft., ht.
4ft.

F-(13) Bowl (?) (91918879) immediately N of (12). Ploughed almost
flat.

G-(14) Bowl (91238880) 20 yards NE of(12). Diam about 37ft ht.
4ft.

H-(15) Bowl (91258883) 45 yards NE of (14). Diam 42ft ht 4 1/2ft.(2)

SY 912887. seven Barrows, south of Northport Heath, Scheduled. (3)
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Source Number : 1
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Source details : 6" 1963
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Source details : DOE (IAM). 1977. Ancient Monuments in England, 71
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Source details : 11/07/1997
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
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Monument Type : Barrow Cemetery, 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 118
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Dorset)
External Cross Reference Number : 88
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Dorset)
External Cross Reference Number : 89
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Dorset)
External Cross Reference Number : 90
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Dorset)
External Cross Reference Number : 91
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Dorset)
External Cross Reference Number : 92
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Dorset)
External Cross Reference Number : 94
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Dorset)
External Cross Reference Number : 95
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 28372
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 28373
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SY 98 NW 8
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Related Activities :
Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1844-01-01
End Date : 1844-12-31
Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1844-01-01
End Date : 1844-12-31
Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1844-01-01
End Date : 1844-12-31
Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1844-01-01
End Date : 1844-12-31
Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1844-01-01
End Date : 1844-12-31
Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1844-01-01
End Date : 1844-12-31
Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1844-01-01
End Date : 1844-12-31
Associated Activities :
Activity type : EVALUATION
Start Date : 1987-01-01
End Date : 1987-12-31