Monument record MDO38289 - Round barrow near Cayles Down Copse, Milton Abbas

A dark circular cropmark around 290 metres WSW of Cayles Down Copse can be seen on aerial photographs dated 2005, and more faintly on aerial photographs dated 2002. This feature is approximately 16 metres in diameter and is interpreted as a probable Bronze Age round barrow. The site of the probable round barrow was digitally recorded during the Dorset Upper Cern and Piddle AIM Project.

The area in the centre of the ditch is paler on the 2002 photographs, which may indicate that the monument survives as a slight, chalky mound. The dark circular cropmark of the ditch is roughly 1.5 metres wide with slightly irregular edges. <1>

The site of the probable round barrow was digitally recorded during the Dorset Upper Cern and Piddle AIM Project. It was 17m across and visible on aerial photographs taken in 1995. <3>

<1> Dorset County Council, 2002, VAP (Aerial Photograph). SDO13141.

<2> GetMapping, 2005, Digital vertical aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDO12563.

<3> National Monuments Record, 05-SEP-1995, NMR 15400/66 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20757.

Record last edited

Jul 18 2024 6:53PM