Monument record MDO37178 - Round barrow, Puddletown

A circular soil mark around 20 metres in diameter visible on aerial photographs dated 2002 and composed of a light area in the centre surrounded by a ring of darker soil. This is interpreted as the remains of a round barrow. The central, chalky area suggests that the mound of the barrow survives, though reduced by ploughing. The site of this barrow is visible as a cropmark ring ditch on aerial photographs with traces of an internal mound on lidar imagery. It was digitally recorded during the Upper Cerne and Piddle Valleys AIM project.

SY 74109695. A bowl barrow. Diameter 15 paces, height 11/2 ft. Noted by R.C.H.M. <1>

SY 74109694. A grass covered bowl barrow with no evidence of a ditch or excavation. A few flints are exposed. Diameter 16.0 metres, height 0.8 metres. <2>

Located and surveyed. <3>

'A' - SY 74109694. Bowl barrow, 45ft. diameter and 11/2 ft high lies on a gentle slope on the west side of a ridge and is much spread by former ploughing.

An air photograph suggests the possibility of two more barrows, one immediately south-south-east of 'A', the other 115 yds. to the north-north-east (SY 74139703). Both these additional barrows are shown (at SY 74139703 and SY 74119690) on Celtic Fields (Group 45) map in end-folder. <5>

SY 74109694. Bowl barrow in pasture, ploughed down. Diameter 16.0 metres, height 0.5 metres. No visible ditch.

Nothing is visible on the ground of the other two barrows suggested by air photo. No evidence on OS. AP; area under pasture. Re-surveyed at 1.2500 on MSD. <6>

The site of this barrow is visible as a cropmark ring ditch on aerial photographs with traces of an internal mound on lidar imagery. It was digitally recorded during the Upper Cerne and Piddle Valleys AIM project. <9-10>

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document). SWX1556.

<2> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 30-NOV-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Large Scale/Small Scale Map Reviser's comments, LS 25" (L R Diment Reviser 10.6.58) (Verbal communication). SDO19451.

<4> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 74109694) Tumulus (NR)

<5> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 2, 231 (Monograph). SDO149.

<5.1> Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography, AGT 18 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20494.

<6> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 24-OCT-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<6.1> Ordnance Survey, OS 79/110 106 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20493.

<7> Dorset County Council, 2002, Dorset County Council Vertical Photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO13401.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454737 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<9> Environment Agency, 15-DEC-2023, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO20691.

<10> Royal Air Force, 11-NOV-1971, RAF/39/3829 V 18 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20973.

Record last edited

Oct 17 2024 7:05PM