Monument record MDO40273 - Bronze Age barrow, Glebe Farm, Wimborne St Giles

A possible Bronze Age barrow to the northwest of Glebe Farm, Wimborne St Giles, is visible as a cropmark on 1989 aerial photographs. The feature measures 14.9m in diameter. The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

A rapid examination of air photography suggests the presence of two possible barrows (of Bronze Age date ?), visible as soil marks, in the field immediately North West of Glebe Cottages:-
A - SU 03391241 (recorded as SU 01 SW 85; previously published by RCHME). (Note: This is MDO40275]
B - SU 03441231
Both have indications of possible ditches. <2-3>

A sub-circular cropmark to the northwest of Glebe Farm, Wimborne St Giles, is visible on a 1989 aerial photograph. <1>

The feature measures 14.9m in diameter and is presumed to represent a Bronze Age barrow.

The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> National Monuments Record, 06-SEP-1989, NMR 4554/015 (SU0311/004) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15764.

<2> National Monuments Record, 06-SEP-1989, NMR SU 0312/10-11 (4554/09-10) (Aerial Photograph). SDO18983.

<3> Miller, Andrew, RCHME/EH/HE Aerial Photographers comment AM, Andrew Miller/08-FEB-1993/RCHME: AP Primary Recording Project (Verbal communication). SDO17356.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 882608 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 7 2022 11:25AM