Monument record MDO2083 - Pond barrow on Corton Hill, Corton, Portesham

A circular earthwork interpreted as a possible Bronze Age pond barrow. In 1980 this monument was recorded as an extant earthwork, and it is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs.

A circular hollow, internal diameter 8.5m., depth 1.3m. with a 1.5m. with a wide stony rim, the outer slopes of which fall away on either side of the ridge. The possibility of a modern origin was considered but its position and proximity to an accepted barrow (MDO2057) suggest it may be sepulchral, presumably a pond barrow, even though the hollow is rather deep for its size. <1>

Also visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs <2-3>, the hollow measuring approximately 6 metres in diameter, with an outer bank 3.8m in width. This site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1986, Dorset Barrow Survey, SDR 303 (Index). SDO134.

‘Measurements and description as above. In ley pasture. 7/3/C.’

<1> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 17-APR-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<2> Royal Air Force, 17-1-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1065-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11925.

<3> 12-5-2002, PGA SY6385 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11926.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 452498 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jul 8 2024 8:06PM