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Monument Number 456862

Hob Uid: 456862
Location :
Dorset
Corfe Castle
Grid Ref : SY9953082210
Summary : A Bronze Age bowl barrow discovered in the 1970s during the clearing of undergrowth in the replanted Nelson Plantation, near Rempstone stone circle (SY 98 SE 4). In 1980, Leslie Grinsell and L Keen recorded it as being 5 feet high and 16 paces in diameter. RCHME field investigation in 1986 was unable to locate the barrow, which lies within a dense conifer plantation.
More information : A previously unrecorded barrow at SY 99538221 has
been located by Major D C D Ryder of Rempstone as the result of
clearing undergrowth in the replanted Nelson plantation opposite
the Rempstone stone circle. (SY 98 SE 4). (1)

SY 99538221. Corfe Castle 30. Bowl barrow listed, height 5ft
diameter 16 paces. Visited by Grinsell and L Keen 26th June 1980. (2)

This feature lies in a dense conifer plantation and was not
located. (3)
Sources :
Source Number : 1
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Page(s) : 66
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Vol(s) : 97, 1975
Source Number : 2
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Source details : Grinsell, LV. 1982. Dorset Barrows Supplement, p38
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : F1 CFW 02-OCT-86
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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 : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SY 98 SE 56
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1983-01-01
End Date : 1994-12-31
Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1986-10-02
End Date : 1986-10-02