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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bridport Road Barrow Cemetery
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.6 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Dorset Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Dorchester
Map Ref: SY649903
Latitude: 50.711265N  Longitude: 2.498488W
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.
no data 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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Barrow Cemetery in Dorset

A barrow cemetery consisting of 5 Bronze Age barrows (4 bowl barrows and 1 bell barrow). The largest mound is barrow "D", which is 3 m high and has 27 m of diameter.

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SY6490 : A35: Roman road and parish boundary by Chris Downer
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SY6590 : A35 by N Chadwick
by N Chadwick
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SY6490 : Woodland south of Bradford Down by Maurice D Budden
by Maurice D Budden
©2012(licence)
SY6590 : View down Bats Lane by David Martin
by David Martin
©2017(licence)
SY6590 : A35 junction near Goldsmith's Plantation by David Smith
by David Smith
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