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Monument Number 213549
Hob Uid: 213549
Location : Dorset Wimborne St. Giles
Grid Ref : SU0264016820
Summary : A bowl barrow located just southeast of the Dorset Cursus, close to the point where the Neolithic long barrow SU 01 NW 47 is incorporated into the Cursus' northwestern bank. The barrow is listed by RCHME as Wimborne St Giles 83 and by Grinsell as Wimborne St Giles 51. RCHME described it as a mound much damaged by ploughing, but previously measured at 60 feet diameter and 1.5 feet high.
More information : (SU 02641682) Tumulus (NR). (1) Bowl barrow, much damaged by ploughing, lies 30 yds east of the Dorset Cursus and just outside Salisbury Plantation; former diameter 60 ft, height 1 1/2 ft. (2) A bowl barrow located just southeast of the Dorset Cursus, close to the point where the Neolithic long barrow SU 01 NW 47 is incorporated into the Cursus' northwestern bank. The barrow is listed by RCHME as Wimborne St Giles 83 and by Grinsell as Wimborne St Giles 51. RCHME described it as a mound much damaged by ploughing, but previously measured at 60 feet diameter and 1.5 feet high. (2-4)

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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 : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : DO 304
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 01 NW 48
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Relationship type : General association

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Monument Number 213549