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Monument record MDO2085 - Bowl barrow on Friar Waddon Hill, Portesham

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Summary

Bronze Age bowl barrow. In 1982 this monument was reported as being around 10 paces in diameter with a mound about 1½ feet high.

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Type and Period (1)

BOWL BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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Sources/Archives (4)

--- SDO11900 Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB.
--- SDO134 Index: Trust for Wessex Archaeology. 1986. Dorset Barrow Survey. SDR 744.
<2> SWX1703 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1982. Dorset Barrows Supplement. 47.
<3> SDO12407 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.

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Event - Survey: South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Ref: 72660) (EDO5641)

Location

Grid reference	SY 6442 8545 (point)
Map sheet	SY68NW
Civil Parish	Portesham; Dorset
Unitary Authority	Dorset

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Other Statuses/References

Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 090 078
Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NW 68f

Record last edited

Jul 8 2024 8:26PM

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