Monument record MDO3589 - Ring ditch north east of Middle Farm, Blandford St Mary

A circular crop mark visible on aerial photographs taken by John Boyden in 1973. The site is interpreted as a ring-ditch; possibly the remains of a Bronze Age round barrow. The site was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM Project.

BOYDEN FLT.64 4 MARCH 1973 NE OF MIDDLE FARM ?ROUND BARROW

Cropmarks of a single ring ditch, probably the remains of a Bronze Age round barrow visible at ST 8741 0514 on aerial photographs taken in 2015 as part of the Historic England Reconnaissance Recording Programme.<1>

The ring ditch is 22m with traces of an internal mound [1], [5]. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM Project is considered to be the remains of a Bronze Age round barrow.

<1> Historic England, 30-APR-2015, HEA 29571_041 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17743.

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1982, Dorset Barrows Supplement, 35 (Monograph). SWX1703.

<3> Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1986, Dorset Barrow Survey (Index). SDO134.

No visible trace in a field regularly ploughed, in established grass when visited.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1622881 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<5> National Monuments Record, 16-MAR-1972, NMR 387/455-461 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18939.

Record last edited

Nov 29 2022 7:57PM