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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Blacknoll HillCountry: England County: Dorset Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Wool Nearest Village: East Knighton
Map Ref: SY80638630
Latitude: 50.676035N Longitude: 2.275496W
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 |
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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 |
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Six hard to spot bowl barrows atop Blacknoll Hill, courtesy of gorse, erosion, and infilling of the circular ditches. Vary in diameter from 30 to 60 feet, the highest no more than 4 feet. These are part of a larger group of barrows on Winfrith Heath.
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