Folly Barrow

Round Barrow(s)
ST88551562

Also known as:

Monument No. 205930

Nearest town:

Shaftesbury (8km NW)

OS reference:

ST88551562

OS sheet:

183

Latitude:

50° 56' 21.56 N

Longitude:

2° 9' 46.73 W

Added to TMA by

Chance

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Folly Barrow

Round Barrow(s)

Chance May 31, 2014

Details of barrow on Pastscape

ST 88551562. A Bronze Age bowl barrow, known as Folly Barrow, located on Bareden Down. The barrow mound measures 16 metres in diaemter and stands 2 metres high. It is surrounded by the remains of a ditch, now visible as a depression 2 metres wide and up to 0.3 metres deep. The barrow lies within an area of prehistoric field system which has been levelled by ploughing.

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