Monument record MDO21427 - Long Barrow Farm: enclosure, mortuary enclosure

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Summary

A rectangular enclosure is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. It is of uncertain date but may be the site of a Neolithic mortuary enclosure.

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A rectangular enclosure is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. It is 115m by 40m in size, defined by an outer ditch and inner bank and orientated roughly NW/SE. It is of uncertain date but may be the site of a Neolithic mortuary enclosure. {1}

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: 02-APR-1969. NMR OS/69053 013-4.
  • <1> Aerial Photograph: 23-APR-1980. NMR SY5791/9, 11, 14, 21 (1749/050, 059, 051, 060).

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 5774 9097 (134m by 93m) (5 map features)
Map sheet SY59SE
Civil Parish Long Bredy; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

May 1 2012 4:41AM

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