Monument record MDO37334 - Round barrow c180 metres north west of The Beeches, Oakley Down, Wimborne St Giles

A plough-levelled round barrow visible as a well defined circular annular cropmark on aerial photographs dated 2005. One of two conjoined monuments. It is circa 18 metres in diameter.

Wimborne St Giles 140, SU 01981788, above curved lynchet. Ring ditch, diameter 18m, visible on air photograph. <1-2>
It is circa 18 metres in diameter and described as being "above curved lynchet" (presumably part of field systems SU 01 NW 20, 71).

A plough-levelled round barrow visible as a well defined circular annular cropmark with an estimated diameter of 18 metres, visible on aerial photographs dated 2005. No mound material or internal features could be discerned. This monument is conjoined at its western extent with another similar round barrow, and both lie in immediate proximity to a sinuous NNE-SSW aligned linear feature or landform , which is in itself undated.

Briggs, Peter, 2024, Summary report of magnetometry surveys on Oakley Farm, Sixpenny Handley. October and November 2024 (Unpublished document). SDO21273.

<1> Bowen, H C, 1990, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke (Monograph). SWX800.

<2> Bowen, H C, 1991, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke: Inventory, 10 (Monograph). SDO14864.

<2.1> National Monuments Record, NMR OAP SU 0117/20/302 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18715.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 760548 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 28 2025 4:44PM