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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Farm Hill Bowl BarrowCountry: England County: Dorset Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Village: Minterne Magna
Map Ref: ST65880334
Latitude: 50.828583N Longitude: 2.485823W
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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Bowl Barrow in Dorset
From Pastscape:
"A bowl barrow on Farm Hill 620 metres west of Minterne Parva Farm. The barrow has been reduced in height by ploughing and is no longer visible on the surface. It was previously reported as being circa 16 metres in diameter and 0.45 metres high. Scheduled."
http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=198876
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