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Table 1 Information about the 71 lines of barrows studied.csv

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Table 2 Positions of Notional Observation points at ends of lines of round barrows.csv

full_archive archive 10928 disk0/00/00/04/22 2024-12-05 11:52:51 2025-04-24 10:23:08 2024-12-05 11:52:51 data_collection show Bennett Gerald f7897683@bournemouth.ac.uk http://www.loc.gov/loc.terms/relators/THS Silva Fabio 01202 961804 unpub facsci developing criteria for lines to enter the study: systematic searching for lines which met the criteria: comparing these against criteria: measuring azimuths of lines of barrows: creating images of landscapes: calculating which directions of lines recurred significantly By 'publication' I mean that by submitting my thesis to the University and having it accepted, and the University making it available to interested people, to read, is a process of publication. Clearly publication in a peer reviewed journal may be a possibility. Historic Environment Records for Dorset and for Hampshire have details of 3,587 round barrows or ring ditches. This study used two methods to identify potential linear arrangements of such sites in the study area. The first involved having a computer programme developed into which all National Grid References (NGRs) were entered, and the programme then searched for probable lines of barrows (according to a set of criteria clarified for the study). The second involved searching the online National Heritage List for England (NHLE) to find putative examples in the study area (Historic England, 2024). The two sets of possible lines were compared against the criteria and 73 lines were identified. Two of these were discarded following site visits. Unsurprisingly, the computer aided lines included those which had been recorded in the past but no longer existed, and were not recorded in the NHLE (which lists existing sites). 2024-09 submitted Bournemouth University 10.18746/bmth.data.00000422 Database The researcher bordar@bournemouth.ac.uk Research student Bennett Gerald Albert f7897683@bournemouth.ac.uk How common were lines of Bronze Age barrows in the study area oriented in particular directions? This was answered by identifying such lines, and by looking at them in their context in the landscape, which varied considerably? By systematically looking at the landscape context (by using computer programmes that recreate bare horizons visible from such lines) and where the lines pointed towards in the landscape , and a computer programme that computed the prevalence of lines, compared with the pattern due to randomness, it was possible to identify how far the lines pointed towards significant locations of predictable solar and lunar events on the horizon during the Bronze Age. The systematic approach made it possible to identify statistically significant trends. thesis https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/40763/ pub Bournemouth University Were linear arrangements of Bronze Age round barrows constructed to 'point towards' the position on the horizon where Winter Solstice sunsets occurred in 2000BC? Identify lines of barrows in the study area. Gather previous published information, if such existed, study the area using LIDAR, old maps, and other sources, and, where possible visiting sites . The researcher entered the University at a time when the Covid laws made fieldwork to be impossible, therefore the initial plan of using equipment to survey on site was not then feasible. The approach altered to use available data on the central points of barrows, which could be used to measure the directions (azimuths) of lines of barrows and to test the hypotheses about the prevalence of different directions of lines using calculation rather than surveying. Appropriate software was used to calculate the azimuths of lines, and to reconstruct the bare landscapes visible from observation points 25 metres from the edges of the outer barrows in each line ('Horizon' programme, Smith , A. 2020 Horizon v0.13c.). The final data were tested for the prevalence of azimuths of lines, where they pointed towards, to see if there were any significant patterns in this (using Dr Fabio Silva's 'skyscapeR' progarmme) England, Dorset, New Forest (Hampshire) The researcher was supervised by a team of Dr Fabio Silva (Deputy Head of Department of Archaeology and Anthropology) and the late Professor Tim Darvill , with both of whom he discussed such issues. One ethical issue concerned gaining access to sites which were on private land. This was dealt with by asking permission from the landowner or representative, and by following their requirements, such as how to reach sites, waiting till after harvest, or the breeding period for rare birds. The process of dealing with such issues was monitored by the routine reviews of the project by academics uninvolved in it that are part of the University's academic struture. 2021-04 2023-03 2001-04 2003-03