Monument record MDO39789 - Undated mound or possible Bronze Age barrow, Blackwater Hill, Hurn

A sub-circular mound visible on the southern slopes of Blackwater Hill on 1940s aerial photographs may be a prehistoric mound or possible Bronze Age barrow. The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

A sub-circular mound visible on the southern slopes of Blackwater Hill on 1940s aerial photographs and current Lidar imagery may be a prehistoric mound or possible Bronze Age barrow (1 and 2). The banked earthwork measures 35m by 30m and has relatively steep sides, with a 4m by 6m circular depression on its summit. A possible post medieval or modern extractive pit visible on 1940s aerial photographs appears to have been cut into its east side (MDO39790) (1).

The site is under tree cover and the features are not visible on a 2014 vertical aerial photograph (3).

The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 28-MAY-47, RAF/CPE/UK/2102 RP 3280-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15624.

<2> XX-XXX-2015, Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m (Aerial Photograph). SDO15442.

<3> GetMapping, 2014, Digital vertical aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDO14101.

<4> Jefferies, Jeff, 1999, The Barrows of Christchurch. Their Past, Present and Future, Appendix 1. Barrow Record 42 (Unpublished document). SDO20590.

Record last edited

Mar 20 2024 1:24PM