Monument record MDO1347 - Mound, Leigh

One of two mounds seen on aerial photographs taken by the RAF in the late 1940s. Situated on a slight knoll east of Calfhay Farm buildings, these mounds were interpreted as possible round barrows. A site visit in 1977 could reveal no trace of these monuments. A possible mound is visible towards the east side of the field on a 1947 and a 1972 aerial photograph, and is potentially visible as a very low earthwork on lidar imagery.

Four possible earthworks are situated on a small knoll 300 yds east of Calfhay Farm (ST 61290654). At ST 618066 are two possible round barrows each about 80 ft in diameter and about 40 ft apart. <1>

There are no visible remains of round barrows upon the ridge east of Calfhay Farm, nor are there any visible remains of an enclosure as described above to the north-west. All the fields are under pasture. None have any significant names. The farmer could offer no information and knew of no barrows on his land. <2>

A possible mound is visible towards the east side of the field on a 1947 and a 1972 aerial photograph, and is potentially visible as a very low earthwork on lidar imagery (RAF 1947; DC 1972; EA 2022).

Environment Agency, 2022, LiDAR Composite Viewer - Digital Terrain Model 1m (Aerial Photograph). SDO21777.

Royal Air Force, xx-xxx-1947, RAF VAP 2431-4366 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21981.

Dorset Council, xx-xxx-1972, VAP 432/23 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21978.

<1> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, RCHM Ms File (unpublished revision of Dorset 1) (Unpublished document). SDO17382.

<1.1> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF CPE/UK/1975 2054-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17398.

<2> Phillips, A S, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comments ASP, F1 ASP 27-OCT-77 (Unpublished document). SWX3817.

<3> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/088 RCHME Inventory: Dorset I (West) and Revision (Unpublished document). SDO17367.

<4> Historic England, National Record of the Historic Environment, 198855 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 8 2026 4:44PM