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Monument Number 210017
Hob Uid: 210017
Location : Dorset Gussage St. Michael
Grid Ref : ST9948013720
Summary : A bowl barrow on Gussage Hill, located among the earthworks of the later prehistoric settlement (ST 91 SE 3) , and part of a small group of barrows located just south of the Dorset Cursus (Linear 41). Listed by Grinsell as Gussage St Michael 16 and by RCHME as Gussage St Michael 29. RCHME fieldwork recorded the barrow as a mound 60 feet in diameter and 6 feet high, surrounded by a ditch 15 feet across and 1 foot deep. [NB the other barrows previously described here have now been recorded separately as ST 91 SE160 and 161]
More information : (ST 99471372:ST99471369:ST 99491367) Tumuli (NR). (1) Three round barrows on the summit of Gussage Hill lie among the earthworks of the settlement (ST 91 SE 3). (A) ST 99481372. A bowl barrow damaged by ploughing. It is 60ft in diameter and 6ft high with a ditch 15ft across and 1 foot deep. (B) ST 99481369. A bowl barrow almost totally flattened by ploughing. It is about 25ft in diameter. (C) ST 99491368. A bowl barrow almost ploughed flat. It is about 25ft in diameter. (2)

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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
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 91 SE 11
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Monument Number 210017