Monument record MDO32148 - Round barrow on South Tarrant Hinton Down, east of Pimperne

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Summary

Plough-levelled Bronze Age round barrow visible as a circular crop mark c18m in diameter on aerial photographs dated 2005. The feature is also visible as a cropmark on an aerial photograph dated 1980 and was digitally plotted from this source during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM Project.

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Full Description

Plough-levelled round barrow visible as a circular crop mark c18m in diameter on aerial photographs dated 2005. No evidence for mound material or associated features can be discerned.

The feature is also visible as a cropmark on an aerial photograph dated 1980, where it appears to comprise a central mound c14m in diameter, with the suggestion of an outer ditch perhaps 1.5m wide [2]. The feature was digitally plotted from this source during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM Project.


GetMapping, 2005, Digital vertical aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDO12563.

<2> National Monuments Record, 10-APR-1980, NMR 1744/192-194 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18687.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 2005. Digital vertical aerial photographs.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 10-APR-1980. NMR 1744/192-194.

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Location

Grid reference ST 91548 09574 (point)
Map sheet ST90NW
Civil Parish Pimperne; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Aug 17 2023 3:31PM

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