EDO4678 - Two bowl Barrows, Conygar Hill, Dorchester; field visit

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 6973 8894 (94m by 1m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY68NE
Civil Parish Winterborne Herringston; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Organisation

Ordnance Survey

Date

June 1980

Description

The site of two bowl barrows was surveyed by 'J.G.B' of the Ordnance Survey Archaeological Division on the 5 June 1980. His field notes are recorded on the OS record card as follows: Barrow ‘A’ , SY69698894: Bowl Barrow; diameter 26.5m, height 4.3m with a flat top 5.0m by 3.0m. ‘B’, SY69798893: Bowl Barrow; diameter 28.0m height 4.6m, with a flat top 7.0m in diameter. Neither barrow has a visible ditch, and although both have been slightly mutilated neither has been ploughed. [1]

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Index: National Monuments Record. NMR Monument Record. SY 68 NE 39.
  • <1> Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Records. SY 68 NE 39.

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Mar 7 2017 12:18PM

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