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Muddox Barrow

Round Barrow(s) (Destroyed)

Muddox Barrow - no image available No image available
Nearest Town:Bere Regis (2km SSW)
OS Ref (GB):   SY852966 / Sheet: 194
Latitude:50° 46' 5.5" N
Longitude:   2° 12' 35.62" W

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Muddox Barrow (site of)

Approx. SY 852966. Muddox Barrow (site of) Destroyed. Not shown on OS 1" 1st Ed. A flat bronze axe was found near this barrow. (see SY 89 NE 10). (1)
Perambulation of the area revealed no trace of a barrow and local enquiries produced negative information. (2)
Muddox barrow (about SY 852966), now destroyed, is shown on I. Taylor's estate map of 1777. (3)
There is no indication of a barrow in the vicinity of SY 852966 and nothing is visible on Air photographs (a). (4)

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( 1a) General reference P Dorset NH and AS 21 1900 p 50
( 1) General reference Dorset Barrows Mss 1935-54 (L V Grinsell)
( 2) Field Investigators Comments F1 GCS 15-NOV-54
( 3) General reference RCHM Dorset 2 pt 3 1970 435
( 4a) General reference APs (OS 80/021 164-5 223-4 18.4.80)
( 4) Field Investigators Comments F2 NJA 03-JUN-81
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