Monument record MDO1945 - Round barrow north of Heave Coppice, Piddletrenthide

Possible barrow, has been heavily ploughed. 50ft. in diam and 2ft. high. The site of this barrow is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery, it was digitally recorded during the Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM project.

A bowl barrow. (No dimensions given). <2>

A bowl barrow, with no visible ditch, now under the plough. Diameter of the mound 17.0m; height 0.6m. <3>

SY 69879772. Barrow? circa 50ft diameter and 2ft high lies at the angle of a 'Celtic' field, 200 yards north of Lackington Drove. <4>

Ploughed out but visible as a soilmark some 15.0m in diameter. <5>

The site of this barrow is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery, it was digitally recorded during the Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM project. <7-8>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1902 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 69879772) Tumulus (NR)

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document). SWX1556.

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 07-DEC-54 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 221 (Monograph). SDO136.

(48) Barrow? (69879772), 200 yds. N. of Lackington Drove on the N. edge of a ridge, over 400 ft. above O.D., lies at the angle of a 'Celtic' field and has been heavily ploughed. Diam. about 50 ft., ht. 2 ft.

<5> Attrill, N J, Field Investigators Comments NJA, F2 NJA 08-JAN-81 (Unpublished document). SDO14743.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 452937 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<7> Environment Agency, 15-DEC-2023, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO20691.

<8> National Monuments Record, 02-FEB-1971, NMR 285/230-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21083.

Record last edited

Nov 8 2024 7:39PM