Monument record MDO40268 - Bronze Age barrow, Glebe Farm, Wimborne St Giles

A sub-circular double ring ditch to the southeast of Glebe Farm, Wimborne St Giles, is visible as a cropmark on 1989 aerial photographs. The feature may represent a Bronze Age barrow. The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

A double concentric ring ditch is visible as a cropmark on air photographs. It is located a little southeast of Glebe Cottages and immediately west of round barrow SU 01 SW 24. [NB this site was previously recorded as part of SU 01 SW 86].

A sub-circular double concentric ring ditch to the southeast of Glebe Farm, Wimborne St Giles, is visible as a cropmark on a 1989 aerial photograph. <4>

The ring ditch measures 34.6m in diameter, with an outer 1.2m wide ditch and an inner 1m wide ditch 4m apart. The feature is presumed to represent a probable Bronze Age barrow. It is located adjacent to the west side of a larger bowl barrow (MDO6296).

The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> National Monuments Record, 06-SEP-1989, NMR SU 0312/2-5, 7 (4492/13-14, 16-17, 19) (Aerial Photograph). SDO18776.

<2> National Monuments Record, 06-SEP-1989, NMR SU 0312/8-9, 12-14 (4554/07-08, 11-14) (Aerial Photograph). SDO18777.

<3> National Monuments Record, 06-SEP-1989, NMR SU 0311/4, 7-8 (4554/15, 18-19) (Aerial Photograph). SDO18778.

<4> National Monuments Record, 06-SEP-1989, NMR 4554/015 (SU0311/004) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15764.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1309889 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 14 2022 12:00PM