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Hinton Bushes

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery

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Also known as:
  • Monument No. 210181

Nearest Town:Blandford Forum (6km SSW)
OS Ref (GB):   ST91661133 / Sheet: 195
Latitude:50° 54' 2.86" N
Longitude:   2° 7' 7.01" W

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Details of Barrows on Pastscape

(Centred ST 917113) Tumuli (NR). (1)
Four barrows 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; (A-C) are in woodland, (D) has been levelled by cultivation.
(A) Bowl (91651135); diam. 30 ft., ht. 3 ft.
(B) Bowl (91681132); diam. 60 ft., ht. 3 1/2 ft., with a well-marked
ditch 10 ft. across, and an outer bank best preserved on the W. side.
(C) Bowl (91791129), damaged in the centre; diam. 55 ft., ht. 3 ft.
(D) Bowl (91811130); former diam. 45 ft., ht. 3 ft. (2)
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Chance Posted by Chance
3rd April 2016ce

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
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