Monument record MDO2210 - Round barrow, Puddletown

A mound identified as a round barrow of Bronze Age date. In 1970 this barrow was reported as being 65 feet in diameter and 2 feet high. The mound is visible as low earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM project.

'C'. SY 70939522. A ditchless mound with a diameter of 22.0 metres and a height of 0.8 metres. Crossed by a north-south fence the eastern half is under crops and the western half under grass. A possible bowl barrow. In the vicinity of 'A' the field is slightly uneven and it is considered, that if the land had been ploughed sufficiently to eradicate a barrow there, uneven features would have been eradicated also. <3>

A' Not found: possibly authority 1, 'A' and 'B' are misplottings for 'B' and 'C'. 'C'. SY 70929521. ? Barrow, diameter 17.0 metres, height 0.3 metres, western half ploughed out. Neither of these possible barrows has a visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <6>

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. <7>

The mound is visible as low earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM project <9>; it has been partially preserved in a modern field boundary.

<1> Annotated Record Map 6 (Dorset County Museum) (Map). SWX2545.

(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 Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 02-DEC-54 (Unpublished document).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> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F2 JR 05-DEC-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<4> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

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

<5> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 231 (Monograph). SDO136.

'(40) Barrow ? (70929522), 200 yds. N.E. of (39). Diam. 65ft. Ht. 2ft.'

<6> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F3 JGB 07-NOV-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<7> English Heritage, English Heritage Alternative Action Report, MPPA, 05-May-1999 (Scheduling record). SDO18279.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454755 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<9> Environment Agency, 15-DEC-2023, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO20691.

Record last edited

Oct 15 2024 12:15PM