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<< Our Photo Pages >> Eggardon earthwork - Henge in England in Dorset

Submitted by JimChampion on Friday, 29 December 2006  Page Views: 6449

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Eggardon earthwork
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.638 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Dorset Type: Henge
Nearest Town: Bridport  Nearest Village: Powerstock
Map Ref: SY54689460
Latitude: 50.749222N  Longitude: 2.643756W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Eggardon earthwork
Eggardon earthwork submitted by adrianmcgrath : Facing SSE this aerial photo probably does not do the earthworks justice. The banks and ditches are quite apparent when stood near. Iron Age Drone! (Vote or comment on this photo)
Circular earthwork in Dorset - interpreted as either a henge or disc barrow.

This circular earthwork lies about 300 metres to the east of Eggardon hillfort. Its outer bank is about 65 metres in diameter, and has an inner ditch. At the centre of the enclosed area is a small circular barrow mound, and there are possible entrances at the NNW and SSE. A small barrow overlies part of its bank and ditch on the southwest side. [source]

There are several other bowl barrows nearby.

Access The earthwork is immediately to the west of Barrowland Lane, between the crossroads with King's Lane and the junction with Shatombe Lane. If you walk directly from the Shatcombe Lane picnic area car park to the eastern entrance to Eggardon hillfort, the earthwork is to your left in the corner of the field.
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Eggardon earthwork
Eggardon earthwork submitted by Bladup : Looking over the middle of the large Eggardon Disc Barrow at SY54679460, It's not easy to see now it has the longer grass (good for wild flowers and wildlife though). It's called an Earthwork on here and in a few books it's called a Henge, It is in fact a large impressive/intact Disc Barrow, Like the many others found near here in Dorset and Wiltshire (Vote or comment on this photo)

Eggardon earthwork
Eggardon earthwork submitted by Bladup : Part of the bank at Eggardon Disc Barrow - SY54679460 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Eggardon earthwork
Eggardon earthwork submitted by Bladup : Looking over the small mound in the center of the large Eggardon Disc Barrow at SY54679460 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Eggardon earthwork
Eggardon earthwork submitted by Bladup : Part of the bank at the large Eggardon Disc Barrow - SY54679460 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Eggardon earthwork
Eggardon earthwork submitted by Bladup : The large Eggardon Disc Barrow at SY54679460, Not so easy to see now it has the longer grass (good for wild flowers and wildlife though). It's called an Earthwork on here and in a few books as a Henge, It is in fact a large impressive Disc Barrow, Like the many others found near here in Dorset and Wiltshire (Vote or comment on this photo)

Eggardon earthwork
Eggardon earthwork submitted by Bladup : The Trig point Tumulus at SY54639443

Eggardon earthwork
Eggardon earthwork submitted by Bladup

Eggardon earthwork
Eggardon earthwork submitted by Bladup : The Tumulus found at SY54629445 with the Trig point Tumulus at SY54639443 behind it in the photo

Eggardon earthwork
Eggardon earthwork submitted by Bladup : The low Tumulus found at SY54629445

Eggardon earthwork
Eggardon earthwork submitted by Bladup : The low bank of a Saucer barrow is found at SY54649449

Eggardon earthwork
Eggardon earthwork submitted by TimPrevett : Looking north across the earthwork, hard to make out. 26th November 2020.

Eggardon earthwork
Eggardon earthwork submitted by TimPrevett : The earthwork to the hillfort's north east, gorgeous low oblique sunlight emphasising contours, 26th November 2020. Raised centre, outer disc, viewed from the north east looking south west.

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