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Folly Barrow

Round Barrow(s)

Also known as:
  • Monument No. 205930

Nearest Town:Shaftesbury (8km NNW)
OS Ref (GB):   ST88551562 / Sheet: 183
Latitude:50° 56' 21.56" N
Longitude:   2° 9' 46.73" W

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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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1st June 2014ce