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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Eggardon earthworkCountry: England County: Dorset Type: Henge
Nearest Town: Bridport Nearest Village: Powerstock
Map Ref: SY54689460
Latitude: 50.749222N Longitude: 2.643756W
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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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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