Monument record MDO30239 - Possible late prehistoric round barrow, Farm Heath, East Stoke

A circular mound is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs and Lidar imagery of Farm Heath, East Stoke. It is considered possible this could be the remains of a Late Neolithic or Bronze Age barrow. This feature was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project. It is one of a large group of potential late prehistoric barrows situated at this location (see also MDO7701-05 and MDO30236-41).

A circular mound, approximately 14.9m in diameter, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs (1-6) and Lidar imagery (7) of Farm Heath, East Stoke. It is considered possible this could be the remains of a Late Neolithic or Bronze Age barrow. This feature was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project. It is one of a large group of potential late prehistoric barrows situated at this location (see also MDO7701-05 and MDO30236-41).

<1> Royal Air Force, 21-JAN-1945, RAF 106G/LA/105 1040-41 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13190.

<2> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 6409-10 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13207.

<3> Royal Air Force, 25-JUN-1962, RAF 58/5210 F21 94 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13199.

<4> Royal Air Force, 20-OCT-1971, RAF 39/3812 0168-169 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13222.

<5> Meridian Air Maps Ltd, 29-10-1983, NMR MAL/2683 009-010 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13223.

<6> National Monuments Record, 18-NOV-2005, NMR SY 8987/1 (24141/35) (Aerial Photograph). SDO13221.

<7> Environment Agency, 2010, Lidar DSM (Aerial Photograph). SDO13147.

Record last edited

Feb 11 2014 1:25PM