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Monument Number 1312392
Hob Uid: 1312392
Location : Dorset Wimborne St. Giles
Grid Ref : SU0188017070
Summary : A bowl barrow, part of the Oakley Down barrow group (SU 01 NW 19). Listed by RCHME as Wimborne St Giles 105 and by Grinsell as Wimborne St Giles 15, it was described by RCHME as a mound 63 feet in diameter and 5 feet high. It was dug into in the early 19th century by Cunnington and Hoare (their barrow 15). Hoare's rather concise account is as follows: "In No. 15 we found a skeleton lying east and west."
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Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Bowl Barrow, Inhumation
Evidence : Earthwork, Sub Surface Deposit

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External Cross Reference Number : SU 01 NW 156
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Monument Number 1312392