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Monument Number 912602
Hob Uid: 912602
Location : Dorset Gussage St. Michael
Grid Ref : ST9989014400
Summary : A ring ditch visible as a soil mark at Down Farm, immediately adjacent to the northwest side of the Dorset Cursus (Linear 41). Listed by RCHME as Gussage St Michael 45, who describe it as 16 metres in diameter, and by Grinsell as Gussage St Michael 22, who measured it at 27 paces in diameter. Note that Grinsell's grid reference erroneously locates the ring ditch within the Cursus.
More information : ST 9998 1438, Down Farm. Ring-ditch sometimes seen as a soil mark. (1)

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Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Ring Ditch
Evidence : Cropmark

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External Cross Reference Number : ST 91 SE 107
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Monument Number 912602