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Fishing Barrow, Dorset

Fishing Barrow is a Bronze Age bell barrow on Godlingston Heath on the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset. It is set on a low sandstone ridge overlooking Poole Harbour. It has a central mound composed of earth, sand and turf with maximum dimensions of about 60ft in diameter and about 5ft in height. This is surrounded by a berm or gently sloping platform 6ft wide which is surrounded by a ditch from which material was quarried during the construction of the monument. It is within the council area of Dorset.
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1013836.

Place Type: Prehistoric Monument
Historic County: Dorset
Lat, Long: 50.638616,-1.9756953
Grid Reference: SZ 0181 8210
Civil Parish: Studland CP
Council Area: Dorset CA
Police Area: Dorset PA

GBPN ID: 301849
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Fishing_Barrow,_Dorset_301849

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