Monument record MDO37386 - Round barrow c 630 metres SSE of Hill Farm, Tarrant Keneston.

A plough-levelled Bronze Age round barrow visible as a soilmark on aerial photographs dated 1972, and as a cropmark on aerial photographs dated 2009. It was recorded as cropmarks on 2015 Historic England oblique aerial photographs and digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project. The record for this monument has been created with support from Wessex Water.

A plough-levelled round barrow visible as a circular, annular soil mark with a diameter of c 22 metres on aerial photographs dated 1972 <1> and as a cropmark on aerial photographs dated 2009 <4>. No evidence was seen on either photograph to suggest survival of mound or bank material, and no associated features could be discerned. The barrow appears to be part of a loosely associated group, with at least three (possibly four) others ranged to the east.

A Bronze Age round barrow is recorded as cropmarks on 2015 Historic England oblique aerial photographs. It is visible as a ring ditch enclosing an area with a diameter of about 19m. It is also recorded on 2005 Google Earth vertical aerial photographs. It is centred at ST 9399 0377. <3> <5>

A Bronze Age round barrow is recorded as cropmarks on 2015 Historic England oblique aerial photographs <6>. It is visible as a ring ditch enclosing an area with a diameter of about 19m. It is also recorded on 2005 Google Earth vertical aerial photographs <2>. It is centred at ST 9399 0377 and was digitally recorded during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project. A short length of ditch runs up to the west side and continues on the east side, it is of uncertain date and may be contemporary.

<1> J Story and Partners, 1972, DCC vertical aerial photographs, 2010/0199 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14100.

<2> Google Earth, XX-XXX-2005, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM (Aerial Photograph). SDO12698.

<3> Google Earth, 01-JAN-2005, Google Earth 2005, ACCESSED 14-DEC-2018 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18557.

<4> Dorset County Council, 2009, Digital vertical aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDO12079.

<5> Historic England Archive, 23-APR-2015, HEA 29559_038-042 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19393.

<6> Historic England Archive, 23-APR-2015, HEA 29560/027 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18301.

<7> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4205-6, 1622681 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14793.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1622681 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 13 2023 7:35PM