Monument record MDO40719 - Undated hollow, High Lea Dairy, Hinton Parva

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Summary

A near-circular hollow, 15m across, is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs to the east of High Lea Dairy, Hinton Parva. It lies in a field to the north of Witchampton Lane in an area rich in Bronze Age barrows. It is possibly a pond barrow and an outlier to the High Lea Farm Group but may alternatively be a later extractive pit or natural hollow. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

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Full Description

A near-circular hollow, 15m across, is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs to the east of High Lea Dairy, Hinton Parva (1). It lies in a field to the north of Witchampton Lane in an area rich in Bronze Age barrows. It is possibly a pond barrow and an outlier to the High Lea Farm Group but may alternatively be a later extractive pit or natural hollow. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.


<1> National Monuments Record, 08-MAY-1980, NMR 1762/254-6, 259-60 (NMR ST 9906/5-9) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15924.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 08-MAY-1980. NMR 1762/254-6, 259-60 (NMR ST 9906/5-9).

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Location

Grid reference ST 9963 0598 (point) (3 map features)
Map sheet ST90NE
Civil Parish Hinton Parva; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 213043

Record last edited

Apr 19 2018 9:33AM

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