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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: High Lea Farm
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.272 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dorset Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Wimborne  Nearest Village: Witchampton
Map Ref: ST999061
Latitude: 50.854415N  Longitude: 2.00279W
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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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
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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High Lea Farm
High Lea Farm submitted by JimChampion : The excavated round barrow at High Lea Farm, part of Bournemouth University's "Knowlton Prehistoric Landscape Project'. Seen from the spoil heap on the open day (Sunday 29 June 2008). The site was being prepared for mast-cam photographs two days later. This is a composite image from two photographs. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Barrow Cemetery in Dorset This group comprises a barrow cemetery composed of round barrows and oval barrows. Only a small number of the barrows are visible as earthworks, the remainder are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. [source]

The High Lea Farm site is the current focus of Bournemouth University's School of Conservation Sciences "Knowlton Prehistoric Landscape Project": an archaeological investigation into the prehistoric relict landscape located within the Allen valley. The site contains an Early Bronze Age barrow cemetery and a recently discovered Late Iron Age/Romano-British settlement complex. This 2008 campaign was the final season of excavation at the site, continuing the excavation of the barrow cemetery begun in 2003, and completing the excavation of a well preserved round barrow and pre-barrow mortuary structure. The project was extended for 2008 to ensure the excavation of Beaker settlement that lies underneath the the pre-barrow mortuary structure. [source]

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High Lea Farm
High Lea Farm submitted by JimChampion : Resting on the ground, a sarsen stone uncovered by the operator of the mechanical digger that stripped the topsoil from the site (several years ago). (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

High Lea Farm
High Lea Farm submitted by JimChampion : The excavated barrow ditch, on the west side. The area to the left of the barrow was excavated last year, this year the disturbed ground is home to many poppies. (Vote or comment on this photo)

High Lea Farm
High Lea Farm submitted by JimChampion : The west side of the excavated round barrow, viewed from the neighbouring spoil heap. The barrow has been explored over several seasons as part of Bournemouth University's 'Knowlton Prehistoric Landscape' project. Here the site is in the process of being prepared for aerial photography later in the week. (Vote or comment on this photo)

High Lea Farm
High Lea Farm submitted by JimChampion : The eastern half of the excavated barrow, clearly showing the broad flat-bottomed surrounding ditch. The site has been excavated each summer since 2003, and then backfilled at the end of each season. The darker area in the cross-section at the middle of the barrow shows where turves were stacked to form the barrow mound. (Vote or comment on this photo)

High Lea Farm
High Lea Farm submitted by JimChampion : In the foreground is the excavated round barrow. On the far side of the field a slight rise in the ground is another barrow in the cemetery, the only scheduled ancient monument in the group. The 'entrance' to the pre-barrow mortuary enclosure is aligned on the scheduled barrow across the field. The trees on the high ground in the far distance are within Badbury Rings hillfort. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

High Lea Farm
High Lea Farm submitted by JimChampion : Excavation at High Lea Farm, seen on the open day (29 June 2008). The square pit is part of the pre-barrow mortuary structure - a yellow rope marks the encircling stake-holes. The blue rope marks a possible dwelling from a Beaker settlement. The Knowlton Prehistoric Landscape project is run by the School of Conservation Sciences at Bournemouth University as a field school for its undergraduate and...

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Knowlton Prehistoric Landscape Project by Andy B on Wednesday, 05 October 2011
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The Knowlton Prehistoric Landscape Project is an archaeological investigation into the prehistoric relict landscape located within the Allen valley in the county of Dorset, England, UK. The Allen valley is a modest river valley situated on chalk down land at the eastern side of Cranborne Chase, an area which encompasses one of the densest concentrations of prehistoric monuments in north-west Europe. The area has attracted the attention of archaeologists from as early as the late 19th century and has become one of the most intensely studied landscapes in the UK. However, parts of Cranborne Chase remain little understood and the Allen valley is potentially one of the most interesting of them.

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The Talk on the Knowlton Prehistoric Landscape Project, 11 Oct 2011, Salisbury by Andy B on Wednesday, 05 October 2011
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The Knowlton Prehistoric Landscape Project – We know a lot about Round Barrows don’t we?

When: 11 Oct 2011 19:30
Where: Lecture Hall - Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum
Category: Lectures Description
A talk by John Gale, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology, Bournemouth University.

“Round Barrows – That’s where Bronze Age people buried their dead init! Nuff said”. Factually correct, if a tad simplistic, but of course the potential for learning more about society from studying these monuments it could be argued is still in its infancy. The landscape of Cranborne Chase has been at the forefront of British prehistory and archaeology since the middle of the 19th century, it having one of the densest concentrations of prehistoric monuments in north-west Europe.

In 2003 John Gale embarked upon a seasonal campaign of excavations at the little known and apparently flattened barrow group at High Lea Farm near Hinton Martell north of Wimborne. The fieldwork was completed in 2009 and the analysis currently under way is discovering information which suggests that we still have a lot to learn about these ‘familiar’ monuments of the Wessex landscape.

John will also be incorporating some early results of his recent survey work at the Clandon Barrow in west Dorset which has a bearing on the lecture title.

No booking necessary, payable on the door

Cost: Museum members £2.00; non-Members £3.50; payable on the door

http://www.salisburymuseum.org.uk/what-s-on/lectures/188-the-knowlton-prehistoric-landscape-project-–-we-know-a-lot-about-round-barrows-dont-we.html
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Re: High Lea Farm by Anonymous on Thursday, 16 October 2008
There is no public access to this site as it is located on private land. The footpath referred to was not a public footpath and was only open for one day during the archaeological excavations.
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