An oval mound, 16m by 12m across, is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs on a west facing spur to the southeast of Cattistock village. It is considered to be a Neolithic oval barrow or a multivated Bronze Age round barrow and was digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project.
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An oval mound, 16m by 12m across, is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs on a west facing spur to the southeast of Cattistock village [1]. It is considered to be a Neolithic oval barrow or a multivated Bronze Age round barrow and was digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project. The site is no longer visible on most recent Google Earth imagery [2].
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<1> SDO16561
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11-NOV-1971. RAF/39/3829 V 0041-2.
<2> SDO15388
Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. 2017. Google Earth 2017.
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SY 5977 9929 (point) (3 map features)
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SY59NE
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Wynford Eagle; Dorset
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Dorset
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Apr 30 2020 6:48PM
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