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Wor Barrow
50.9552° N, -1.9839° E
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Wor Barrow is a Neolithic long barrow on Cranborne Chase, about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Sixpenny Handley in Dorset, England. It is a scheduled monument. Its excavation by Augustus Pitt Rivers in 1893–1894 has been described as "an important event in the study of British archaeology".
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Pitt Rivers resident at Rushmore Estate
from 1880
Ditch excavated by Pitt Rivers
1893
Barrow excavated by Pitt Rivers
1894
Construction (Neolithic)
c. 3400–2400 BC
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