Monument record MDO1912 - Ring ditch, Piddlehinton

(Centred at SY 698970) Air photographs CPE/UK/1974/1369-70 show two dark concentric oval rings, probably representing ploughed out ditches. Nothing is visible on the ground and the work appears to be unrelated to the neighbouring field system. The marks may be the remains of a ploughed out barrow. The measurements are as follows: outer oval: 54 yds x 37 yds. Inner oval: 34 yds x 22 yds. <1>

(SY 69889707) The area is under grass; nothing indicative of an earthwork is visible at the site, nor is anything visible on air photographs CPE/UK/2475/3116-7 9.3.48. <1>

Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1986, Dorset Barrow Survey (Index). SDO134.

‘No visible trace according to above; land appears to be ploughed. Not visited. Unlikely position for a barrow although valley sitings are not unknown. Papworth MDJ TWA.’

<1> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, RCHM Mss file (Unpublished document). SDO18524.

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 07-DEC-54 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 452906 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jun 26 2024 12:00PM