Monument record MDO2209 - Round barrow, Puddletown

A mound identified as a possible round barrow. In 1970 the barrow was reported as being 24 feet in diameter with a mound 1½ feet high. The mound is visible as low earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM project.

B'. SY 70779511. A small mound, grass covered, which lies 5.0 metres north of a depression resembling a chalk digging. Diameter of mound, 11.0 metres, height 0.3 metres, with no visible ditch. A possible bowl barrow, although, the chalk pit suggests that the mound may be upcast. <2>

'B' SY 70779510? Barrow, diameter 11.0 metres, height 0.4 metres. Ploughed down in arable. Neither of these possible barrows has a visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <5>

This barrow group was visited by the MPPA in 1999, and all three barrows are now levelled by ploughing. Not recommended for scheduling. Ground photos with archive reports. <6>

A low mound approximately 15m across is visible as low earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM project. <8>

<1> Anon, Undated, Pte 6 inch Dorset County Museum (Anon undated) (Map). SWX2203.

(A' SY 70659509; B' SY 70759509) Two tumuli

<2> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 02-DEC-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

('B' - SY 70779510; 'C' - SY 70929521) Mound (NAT) (twice)

<4> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 231 (Monograph). SDO136.

'(39) Barrow ? (70779510), 180 yds. N.E. of (38), is heavily ploughed. Diam. 24 ft., ht. 1½ ft.'

<5> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F3 JGB 07-NOV-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<6> English Heritage, English Heritage Alternative Action Report, MPPA, 05-May-1999 (Scheduling record). SDO18279.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454755 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<8> Environment Agency, 15-DEC-2023, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO20691.

Record last edited

Oct 15 2024 12:12PM