Monument record MDO40284 - Possible Bronze Age barrow, Chase House, Wimborne St Giles

A possible ring ditch to the northwest of Chase House, Wimborne St Giles, is visible as a faint cropmark on aerial photographs. The feature may represent a Bronze Age barrow. It is circa 41m in diameter and was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

SU 03881302. Ring ditch, diameter 41m, visible on air photograph. <1>

A possible ring ditch to the northwest of Chase House, Wimborne St Giles, is visible as a faint cropmark on 1990s aerial photographs <2>. It is also faintly visible on a 2002 aerial photograph <3>.

The ring ditch measures 40.8m in diameter with a 3m wide outer ditch. The feature is presumed to represent a possible Bronze Age barrow.

The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> Bowen, H C, 1991, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke: Inventory, 9, Wimborne St Giles 132 (Monograph). SDO14864.

<1.1> Royal Air Force, RAF 58/3250 0055 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18764.

<2> National Monuments Record, 05-SEP-1995, NMR 15400/047 SU0312/023 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15769.

<3> Dorset County Council, 2002, Dorset County Council Vertical Photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO13401.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 760406 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jun 26 2024 11:28AM