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Monument Number 213521

Hob Uid: 213521
Location :
Dorset
Wimborne St. Giles
Grid Ref : SU0191015910
Summary : A bowl barrow located circa 100 metres south of the Dorset Cursus (Linear 41), listed by RCHME as Wimborne St Giles 84 and by Grinsell as Wimborne St Giles 34. RCHME described it as a mound 42 feet in diameter and 4.5 feet high. The mound appears "to have been dug into in the past".
More information : (Centred SU 01801596) Tumuli (NR) Tumulus (NR). (1)

Three barrows (84-86) lie on top of the ridge of Bottlebush Down,
close to the Dorset Cursus; (84) and (85) are S.E. of it. (86) is to
N.W. All three appear to have been dug into in the past.

(84) Bowl (01911591); diam. 42 ft., ht. 4 1/2 ft.
(85) Bowl (01941593); diam. 45 ft., ht. 4 1/2 ft.
(86) Bowl (01761604); diam. 67 ft., ht. 5 ft. (2)
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Source Number : 1
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Source details : OS 6" 1963
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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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Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : DO 302b
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : DO 302c
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : DO 302d
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 01 NW 30
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Relationship type : General association
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