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Monument record MDO6474 - Ring ditch, Woodlands

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Summary

A possible round barrow, SW of Stone Circle, 9 paces diameter.

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Type and Period (1)

RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Full Description

Papworth notes that the salvage recording of this barrow may have been described by Cooke (1818). <2> <3>

Sources/Archives (3)

<1> SWX1703 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1982. Dorset Barrows Supplement. 58.
<2> SDO147 Index: Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology. 1983. Isle of Purbeck Survey. Form AM107.
<3> SDO14045 Monograph: Cooke, G A. 1818. Topographical Description of Dorset. 151.

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Location

Grid reference	SU 0215 0961 (point)
Map sheet	SU00NW
Civil Parish	Woodlands; Dorset
Unitary Authority	Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

Scheduled Monument SM35211/01: Round barrow cemetery south of New Barn Farm, associated with the Knowlton Circles

Other Statuses/References

Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 3 028 077
Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SU 00 NW

Record last edited

Sep 19 2018 11:46AM

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