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Shearplace Hill Enclosure
50.7856° N, -2.5119° E
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The Shearplace Hill Enclosure is an archaeological site of the Bronze Age, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south-west of Cerne Abbas in Dorset, England. It is a scheduled monument.
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Excavation by Philip Rahtz
1958
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