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| Name: | Possible disc barrow, Canford Heath, Poole |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| HER Number: | MDO6755 |
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| Last edited: | Jun 2 2021 2:53PM |
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Monument Type(s):
Summary
Round barrow, part of the Canford Heath Barrow Group. It was was fully excavated in 1975 and re-interpreted as being a variant of the 'Dorset' type of disc barrows. The excavation revealed a central pit containing no human remains below a small earthen mound, with a low bank and external ditch surviving around the northern part of the mound. The barrow is visible on 1940s aerial photographs and was digitally plotted from these sources by the Dorset Stour NMP project.
Protected Status
- Scheduled Monument DO 111: Group of round barrows on Canford Heath
Sources and Further Reading
| --- | SDO17143 - Monograph: Shackley, M. 1981. Environmental Archaeology. 31-33. |
| <1> | SDO150 - Bibliographic reference: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset. Volume Two (South East) Part III. 448. |
| <2> | SDO80 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1982. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1980. 102. 33-42. |
| <3> | SDO16056 - Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 12-DEC-46. RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RS 4201-2. |
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