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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Monuments (1221) Ten mounds, most if not all of them Round Barrows, are noted in the parish; the majority are scattered … on Houghton South Down. J. C. Mansel-Pleydell opened four barrows in 1863 (Dorset Procs. V (1883), 323); three of them …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… see p. 343, Groups (65), (66). Monuments (2438), Round Barrows These monuments lie in the N. and W. of the parish; … by ploughing. No. (24) is an extension of the scatter of barrows on Bere Down, Bere Regis ( Dorset II, p. 437). Nos. (25) and (26) are possibly the barrows 'on South Down Farm' from which came two globular …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… arched heads. ( Demolished) Earthworks, Etc. (34) Long Barrows, p. 432 (510) Round Barrows, p. 465 (11) Enclosure, p. 507; (12) Dyke, p. 519 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… note in the parish, but it contains not only 118 round barrows of almost every type but also Maiden Castle. The … (23) Maiden Castle Long Mound, p. 432 (24141) Round Barrows, p. 466 (142) Maiden Castle, causewayed camp, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… by low strip lynchets. Roman and Prehistoric Two round barrows, almost certainly those described below, were opened …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… see p. 343, Groups (64), (66). Monuments (2026), Round Barrows Of the seven barrows in the parish, monument (20) forms part of a scatter … of the Deverel Down group in Milborne St. Andrew (p. 182). Barrows shown on the Tithe Map of 1839 at 85700176 and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… mile north of the camp. The summit commands a prospect of barrows stretching for many miles along the tops of the hills … scene of some remarkable action, from the great number of tumuli scattered in different directions. … at a cost of 350, by subscription. On the downs are some barrows, and traces of an ancient encampment. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… remains include the larger part of an extensive group of barrows known as the Poor Lot Group and also the Nine Stones, … and Allied Monuments (13) Long Barrow, p. 432 (1454) Round Barrows, p. 461 (55) Enclosure, p. 504 (567) Stones, p. 515 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… of the 16th and 17th centuries. The parish has 49 round barrows and a large area of 'Celtic' fields; there are also … and Allied Monuments (13) Long Barrow, p. 433 (1462) Round Barrows, p. 471 (63) Enclosure, p. 508 (64) Settlement, p. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… who died in 1724. Near Winterslow-Hut are three barrows, in one of which was discovered, some years since, an …