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<< Text Pages >> Wareham Barrows - Barrow Cemetery in England in Dorset

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Friday, 19 April 2013  Page Views: 2871

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Wareham Barrows
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.3 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Dorset Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Wareham
Map Ref: SY90128737
Latitude: 50.685898N  Longitude: 2.141219W
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 concentration of the Bronze Age bowl barrows west of Wareham. Two of the mounds are located at SY 90128737 and SY 90118733. At SY 90538709 there is a bowl barrow with partly preserved quarry ditch.

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Wareham Barrows
Wareham Barrows submitted by ArchieRob : view from SY 90295 barrow, looking east (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wareham Barrows
Wareham Barrows submitted by ArchieRob : View from SY 90295 barrow, looking south-west (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wareham Barrows
Wareham Barrows submitted by ArchieRob : Bowl barrow? found at SY 90295, Worgret Heath, mostly preserved a with clear quarry ditch and a view of Poole Harbour to the east. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wareham Barrows
Wareham Barrows submitted by ArchieRob : One of the bowl barrows at SY 90122, Worgret Heath, mostly levelled with little sign of the quarry ditch (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SY9087 : Wareham - Worgret Heath by Peter Elsdon
by Peter Elsdon
©2009(licence)
SY9087 : Oil Well - Worgret by David Squire
by David Squire
©2006(licence)
SY9087 : Oil Well - Worgret by David Squire
by David Squire
©2006(licence)
SY8987 : Oil Well, near Wareham, Dorset by John Lamper
by John Lamper
©2005(licence)
SY8987 : Footpath through Worgret Heath by Becky Williamson
by Becky Williamson
©2018(licence)

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