Monument record MDO40184 - Ring ditch, Gussage St Michael

Ring ditch identified on aerial photographs. Located within the course of multiple linear ditches associated with the Dorset Cursus on its north side. The ring ditch is approximately 21 metres in diameter.

ST 96971253. Ring ditch [probable barrow site]. Diameter 21m approx. Embodied in the line of multiple linear feature [SU 01 NW 91]. Air photos include one <2.2> on which the barrow appears as a white blob. <1, 2>

Ring ditch identified on aerial photograph. Located within the course of linear multiple ditches associated with the Dorset Cursus on its north side. The ring ditch is within the multiple ditches of Long Crichel (7) at the southwest terminus of the Dorset Cursus. The ring ditch is approximately 21 metres in diameter.

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

<2> Bowen, H C, 1991, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke: Inventory, 7 (Monograph). SDO14864.

<2.1> National Monuments Record, NMR OAPs ST9612/7-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19385.

<2.2> National Monuments Record, NMR VAP ST 9609/1/2604 (Hunting Surveys Ltd) (Aerial Photograph). SDO19386.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 620844 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 10 2023 12:44PM