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Hinton Bushes

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery

Miscellaneous

Four barrows (36–39) lie between 360 ft. and 380 ft. above O.D., on the S.E. slopes of a Chalk ridge at the S. end of Hinton Bushes; (36–38) are in woodland, (39) has been levelled by cultivation.
(36) Bowl (91651135); diam. 30 ft., ht. 3 ft.
(37) Bowl (91681132); diam. 60 ft., ht. 3½ ft., with a well-marked ditch 10 ft. across, and an outer bank best preserved on the W. side.
(38) Bowl (91791129), damaged in the centre; diam. 55 ft., ht. 3 ft.
(39) Bowl (91811130); former diam. 45 ft., ht. 3 ft.

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/dorset/vol4/pp96-101#h3-0004
Chance Posted by Chance
3rd April 2016ce

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