Monument record MDO1986 - Round barrow, Piddletrenthide

One of two stony mounds, Bronze Age round barrows. A small mound 5m across is visible as low earthworks on lidar imagery; it is possibly the site of a round barrow and was digitally recorded from lidar imagery during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM Project.

At ST 73030234 and ST 73020233 are two low stony mounds, 4.5m in diameter and 0.3m high; the former being
partially overlain by a modern boundary along its east side. Both mounds are situated in woodland. Their close proximity to a known barrow group may be significant. Surveyed at 1:2500 on AM. <1>

A small mound 5m across is visible as low earthworks on lidar imagery; it is possibly the site of a round barrow and was digitally recorded from lidar imagery during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM Project. (Lidar 2021 (3))

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

‘Visible as faint rises, the most northerly cut by the E boundary bank of Hanover Copse. They lie within the acute NE angle of the copse and may be barrows damaged by the construction of the copse. These small mounds are a characteristic size for barrows within this group. The trees within this group are mature beech and oak. 7/5/D.’

<1> Barton, J G, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comments JGB, F1 GB 18-NOV-78 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 202145 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<3> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

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Nov 11 2025 11:38AM