Wyke Down

Nearest town:
Wimborne Minster (15km SSE)
OS reference:
SU009152
OS sheet:
184
Latitude:
50° 56' 8.37 N
Longitude:
1° 59' 13.89 W
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Images

Image of Wyke Down (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by formicaant

This pair of barrows are adjacent to Ackling dyke.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 17/04/2007.
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formicaant Aug 12, 2007
Image of Wyke Down (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by formicaant

A medium sized bowl barrow in the middle of the cemetery.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 17/04/2007.
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formicaant Aug 12, 2007
Image of Wyke Down (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by formicaant

A pair of bowl barrows at the south end of the group.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 17/04/2007.
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formicaant Aug 12, 2007
Image of Wyke Down (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by formicaant

The most southerly of the group, a small low round barrow with some damage.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 17/04/2007.
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formicaant Aug 12, 2007
Image of Wyke Down (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by formicaant

A medium sized bowl barrow at the north of the group.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 17/04/2007.
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formicaant Aug 12, 2007

Articles

Wyke Down

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formicaant May 17, 2007

I parked in a layby on the B3081 next to Ackling dyke, crossed the busy road, and headed south along the dyke down the hill to the barrows. This is a group of about 10 – 15 round barrows of various sizes, it’s difficult to say exactly how many as some can be seen in the distance. Unfortunately my camera can’t zoom in enough to photograph the more distant group and there is a crop in the field , I must come again in the winter to get close enough to see the remaining part of the cemetery.
The O.S. map shows some crosses on this site which are presumably where barrows used to be, indeed Grinsell shows more in his map from the 1930’s, I’m guessing these have now been ploughed out in the intervening seventy or so years.

Miscellaneous

Wyke Down
Barrow / Cairn Cemetery
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formicaant May 11, 2007

Yet another large barrow cemetery, this is south of Oakley down. It consists of twenty plus barrows of various types , including a long barrow , either side of Ackling dyke. One of the barrows appears to overlay the course of the Dorset cursus (from mapping evidence , if you trust the O.S.)

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