Monument record MDO24675 - BIG WOOD BARROW GROUP, Winterbourne Steepleton

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Summary

A mound is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs. It is possible that it is the remains of a Bronze Age barrow associated with the Big Wood barrow cemetery.

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A mound, 11.3 meters in diameter, is visible as an earthwork and a cropmark on aerial photographs {1-3} and was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project. The date and function of this feature are uncertain; it is possible that it is the remains of a Bronze Age barrow associated with the Big Wood barrow cemetery.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 3097-8.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 4279-81.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: 21-4-1984. NMR OS/84037 304-5.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 60941 89447 (17m by 17m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY68NW
Civil Parish Winterbourne Steepleton; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Apr 16 2016 11:48AM

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