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Robins Barrow
Hob Uid: 454976
Location : Dorset Puddletown
Grid Ref : SY7241094620
Summary : Bowl Barrow
More information : (SY 7241 9463). Robin's Barrow (Tumulus) (NR). (1) Tumulus located and surveyed. (2) SY 7241 9462. Robin's Barrow, a bowl barrow 14 paces diameter and 1ft high, apparently almost entirely removed for a water tank since 1939. (3) SY 7241 9463. Robin's Barrow, a bowl barrow formerly 47ft diameter and 4 1/2 ft high, has been severely mutilated by the insertion of a water tank, and its outline is very irregular. (4) SY 7241 9462. Robin's Barrow (name not confirmed); a low mound of stones 16.0m, in diameter and 0.2m high. Resurveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. (5) No remains observable in 1985. (6) The water tank has now been removed. The site is considered to be of low archaeological potential and is not recommended for scheduling. Ground photo with archive report. (7)

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Source details : OS 6" 1930
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Source details : LS 25" (W C Dinent, 20.5.58)
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Source details : Dorset Barrows 1959 128 (L V Grinsell)
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Source details : RCHM Dorset 3 pt 2 1970 231 No.47
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Source details : F1 JGB 12-NOV-80
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : Proc Dorset Natur Hist Archaeol Soc 107 1985 156 (K Speller)
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Source Number : 7
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Source details : MPPA, 12-Apr-1999
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Bowl Barrow
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Dorset)
External Cross Reference Number : 1094-47
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SY 79 SW 6
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1980-11-12
End Date : 1980-11-12

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Robins Barrow