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Poor Lot Barrow Cemetery

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Barrows near Kingston Russell. geograph.org.uk 1075574
Barrows near Kingston Russell. geograph.org.uk 1075574

Poor Lot Barrow Cemetery is an archaeological site, a group of Bronze Age round barrows, near the A35 road about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Winterbourne Abbas, in Dorset, England. It is an English Heritage site.

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Poor Lot Barrow Cemetery
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Winterbourne Poor Lot Barrows

A35
DT2 9EB , Winterbourne Abbas
England, United Kingdom
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Barrows near Kingston Russell. geograph.org.uk 1075574
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