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Monument Number 1312445
Hob Uid: 1312445
Location : Dorset Wimborne St. Giles
Grid Ref : SU0188017240
Summary : A disc barrow, part of the Oakley Down barrow group (SU 01 NW 19). Listed by RCHME as Wimborne St Giles 113 and by Grinsell as Wimborne St Giles 7, it comrpises two mounds surrounded by a single ditch and outer bank. The central mound is 28 feet in diameter and 3 feet high, while the other, to the northwest, is 25 feet in diameter and 2.5 feet high. The berm is 45 feet across, and the ditch is 15 feet wide and 1.5 feet deep. The outer bank is of "similar dimensions" to the ditch. The barrow was dug into by Cunnington in 1803 (Cunnington and Hoare's barrow 7). One of the mounds proved to have been dug into previously; the other contained a cremation with amber beads.
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Monument Period Name : Early Bronze Age
Display Date : Early Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -1600
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Disc Barrow
Evidence : Earthwork

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Period : Early Bronze Age
Component Monument Type : Disc Barrow
Object Type : CREMATION, BEAD
Object Material : Amber

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External Cross Reference Number : SU 01 NW 164
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Monument Number 1312445