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Monument record MDO50 - Mound on Wears Hill, Abbotsbury

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Summary

A mound thought possibly to be a Bronze Age bowl barrow.

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Type and Period (1)

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

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Sources/Archives (3)

<1> SDO16261 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. Field Investigators Comments. 1955.
<2> SDO12304 Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 38.
<3> SDO12407 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.

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Location

Grid reference	SY 5678 8624 (point)
Map sheet	SY58NE
Civil Parish	Abbotsbury; Dorset
Unitary Authority	Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Other Statuses/References

Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 001 051
Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 58 NE 42D

Record last edited

Sep 20 2018 3:20PM

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