Monument record MDO32971 - Round barrow west of Edmondsham, Edmondsham

A plough truncated round barrow visible as a circular annular soilmark on aerial photographs dated 2014. Site digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

A plough truncated round barrow visible as a circular annular soilmark c15m in diameter on aerial photographs dated 2014. One of a localised group of at least eight barrows. No evidence for earthworks or associated internal features could be discerned.
A penannular ring ditch enclosing a mound, 20m across, is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (1-3). It is one of a larger group of nine and it probably the site of a plough-levelled Bronze Age round barrow. The site was digitally plotted from aerial photographs during the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 08-APR-2000, OS00942 V 2778-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15457.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 05-MAY-1989, OS/89135 V 248-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15455.

<3> National Monuments Record, 20-OCT-2010, NMR 26801/03-16 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15458.

Record last edited

Sep 27 2017 3:40PM