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Submitted by JimChampion on Monday, 31 December 2007  Page Views: 8081

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Wardstone Barrow
Country: England County: Dorset Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Wareham  Nearest Village: Chaldon Herring
Map Ref: SY79338133
Latitude: 50.631297N  Longitude: 2.293615W
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.
 3 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.
 2 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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Ogham visited on 9th Aug 2008 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 2 It is in a magnificent location on the chalk downs above the coastal path.

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Wardstone Barrow
Wardstone Barrow submitted by JimChampion : Looking north towards the Wardstone Barrow. The track on the right leads to Chideock Farm, and is a permissive footpath. There was originally another barrow in the field to the right, but it is destroyed. Presumably the wooden posts around this one mark the limit of the scheduled ancient monument. It was a very grey and dull Christmas Eve, this was the only decent photo that I took of the site! (Vote or comment on this photo)
Round Barrows in Dorset

This barrow is on the chalk ridge just inland from the coast, between the White Nothe headland and West Lulworth. It was originally one of a pair, but the eastern barrow has been levelled by farming activity. The mound is 15 metres in diameter, up to 2 metres high, and the surrounding ditch is mostly infilled. The mound is now overgrown with gorse and brambles.

The name of this barrow probably comes from the Anglo-Saxon "weard-stān", meaning stone where watch was kept. The barrow is located in a very prominent position on the coastal ridge with good visibility all around, over land and sea. There is no record of a megalith at the site - only of an excavation in 1867 that uncovered a cinerary urn.

Access The barrow is alongside a permissive footpath, about 300 metres south of Chideock Farm.
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SY7981 : Wardstone Barrow by Jim Champion
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SY7981 : Cattle above the Warren by N Chadwick
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SY7981 : Chaldon Down by Jonathan Thacker
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SY7981 : Track by Stuart Cankett
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SY7981 : Chaldon Down by Nigel Mykura
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Great Walks by Andy B on Saturday, 18 March 2017
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... on what Townsend Warner called a “pearl grey day”, when mist cloaks the downland and the wind oozes through the gorse, it can be positively spooky.Try walking up the crooked valley that leads past the remote farmhouse at Chydyok and to the cliffs. It is a landscape haunted by the past: dotted with prehistoric barrows, earthworks and evidence of “Celtic” field systems.

One of 22 great walks here
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/mar/18/22-great-spring-walks-in-uk
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Re: Wardstone Barrow by JimChampion on Monday, 31 December 2007
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The name of this barrow probably comes from the Anglo-Saxon "weard-stān", meaning stone where watch was kept. The barrow is located in a very prominent position on the coastal ridge with good visibility all around, over land and sea. The intervisibility of these possible beacon sites are considered in more detail here on Keith Briggs website.

There is no record of a megalith at the site - only of an excavation in 1867 that uncovered a cinerary urn. At the moment the barrow is overgrown and on the wrong side of a barbed wire fence, so it would be difficult to see if there is a stone on the mound.
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    Re: Wardstone Barrow by JimChampion on Monday, 31 December 2007
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    Further thoughts - the name of this barrow probably got my attention from the map because it is similar to the title of an Alan Garner fantasy book I read as a child, called The Weirdstone of Brisingamen. In that context the Weirdstone was part of a legendary bracelet.
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