Bowl barrow
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England /
Lytchett Matravers /
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/ United Kingdom
/ England
/ Lytchett Matravers
bowl barrow, scheduled ancient monument
The barrow has a mound composed of earth, sand and turf with a maximum diameter of 25m and a maximum height of c.2.5m. The top of the mound has two small trenches likely to represent World War II dug-outs. Both are square in plan with dimensions of 1.5m by 1.5m and a maximum depth of c.0.5m. There are also two linear trenches with dimensions of between 6m-8m in length, 1m in width and c.0.5m in depth running east from the northern dug-out in the centre of the mound.
Surrounding the mound is a ditch from which material was quarried during the construction of the monument. This survives as an earthwork 3m wide and c.0.75m deep and is flanked by an outer bank 2.25m wide and c.0.5m high.
Surrounding the mound is a ditch from which material was quarried during the construction of the monument. This survives as an earthwork 3m wide and c.0.75m deep and is flanked by an outer bank 2.25m wide and c.0.5m high.
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Coordinates: 50°41'35"N 2°2'41"W
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