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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Poor Lot BarrowsCountry: England County: Dorset Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Dorchester Nearest Village: Long Bredy
Map Ref: SY589907 Landranger Map Number: 194
Latitude: 50.714468N Longitude: 2.583507W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Poor Lot Barrows Dorset :SY589907,SY 592908, SY591,906
Forty four barrows located in this area located between Winterbourne Abbas, Kingstone Russell and Little Bredy. Near the A35 (south side) there are 20 bowl barrows, e.g. a superb ditched bowl barrow 40.3m diam. 3.7m high next to a disc barrow. Further barrows located up the hillside, and in field on the N side of the road. [ref. L. V. Grinsel Dorset Barrows 1959]
Access The site is owned by English Heritage with free entry at any reasonable time (whatever that means). The entrance is not at all obvious: the EH website describes it as "access via Wellbottom Lodge - 180 metres along A35 from junction (ref SY 590906)". From the A35 you go up a driveway (its a bridleway too) for about 20m and where it turns to the left there is a small wooden gate directly ahead of you. Parking is nearly impossible - don't do anything dangerous or illegal.
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