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Thickthorn Down Long Barrows
50.9100° N, -2.0419° E
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The Thickthorn Down Long Barrows are two Neolithic long barrows, near the village of Gussage St Michael in Dorset, England. They are near the south-western end of the Dorset Cursus, a Neolithic feature. The long barrows are a scheduled monument.
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Excavation of south-eastern barrow
1933
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