Monument record MDO308 - Mound on The Knoll, Bincombe

An elongated mound is marked at this location on the Ordnance Survey 1st and 2nd edition maps. It is visible on aerial photographs and is of uncertain date and function.

An elongated mound is marked at this location on the OS 1st and 2nd edition maps. It is visible on aerial photographs and is of uncertain date and function. <1>

The site was visited by the OS field investigators in 1980 when it was described as a mound 41.0m. by 15.0m. at its widest (W) end, long axis west-east, maximum height of 2.8m. It contains many medium to large-sized stones and in appearance resembles a spoil heap but has obviously been very mutilated. <3>

<1> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 4299-300 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11961.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 481 (Monograph). SDO150.

'(75) Long Mound (SY 68 SE; 67868491), prominent at about 340 ft. above O.D. on the crest of a narrow ridge ½ mile N.W. of the church. Irregular, roughly wedge-shaped, about 90 ft. long, 40 ft. wide at widest on W., prolonged beyond attenuated E. end by arable scarping which also adds to maximum height of 14 ft. S. of the W. end. On Purbeck Sand; limestone rubble is exposed in places. Formerly amongst strip fields (Bincombe (11), Fig. p. 24).'

<3> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 03-SEP-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 452740 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 22 2023 9:34AM