Bloxworth Down

Nearest town:
Bere Regis (4km WSW)
OS reference:
SY876963
OS sheet:
194
Latitude:
50° 45' 55.99 N
Longitude:
2° 10' 33.05 W
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Images

Image of Bloxworth Down (Round Barrow(s)) by formicaant

What the barrow cemetery used to look like before most of it was ploughed out.

Image credit: formicaant 15/03/10
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formicaant Mar 15, 2010
Image of Bloxworth Down (Round Barrow(s)) by formicaant

This round barrow, although damaged by ploughing is the most complete on this site.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 10/12/2007.
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formicaant Dec 10, 2007
Image of Bloxworth Down (Round Barrow(s)) by formicaant

This very heavily damaged barrow shows itself as a low mound in the field.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 10/12/2007.
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formicaant Dec 10, 2007
Image of Bloxworth Down (Round Barrow(s)) by formicaant

This small round barrow has been saved by being in the middle of a hedge row.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 10/12/2007.
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formicaant Dec 10, 2007

Articles

Bloxworth Down

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formicaant Dec 10, 2007

The O.S. map shows nine barrows on this site, although four are marked with crosses. On the ground I could only see three, and one of these was a very low feature. The largest and most complete was next to the track, just past a barn. It forms part of the field margin and has plough damage where it is in the field. The next most visible is also part of a hedge row to the south, on a ridge below a small wood.
This must once have been a substantial cemetetary but centuries of agriculture have reduced or removed most of the barrows.

Folklore

Bloxworth Down
Round Barrow(s)
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formicaant Jan 16, 2010

“There are some burial mounds in a field by the road between Bere Regis and Wimborne. It is said that treasure is buried in these mounds.” The legend may have been caused by the barrow digging of Shipp and Durden here in 1854. (Palmer 1973 p149)

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