Monument record MDO31827 - Bronze Age barrow overlooking St Oswald's Bay, Newlands Cottages, West Lulworth

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Summary

The site of a plough-levelled Bronze Age round barrow is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs in the field to the north-east of Newlands Cottages.

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The site of a plough-levelled Bronze Age round barrow is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs in the field to the north-east of Newlands Cottages. The features comprises an outer ring-ditch 31m across enclosing an inner mound and possible central pit (1-2). A smaller internal ring ditch is visible on oblique aerial photographs taken in 2008 (3). The features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 07-FEB-1945. RAF 106G/LA119 1050-1.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 18-FEB-1970. RAF 58/0254 0004-5.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 08-SEP-2008. SY 8181/2-7 NMR 26097/6-11.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 81402 81263 (44m by 40m) (8 map features)
Map sheet SY88SW
Civil Parish West Lulworth; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Oct 13 2014 9:05AM

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