Monument record MDO41662 - Probable Bronze Age round barrow, New Barn Farm, Shapwick

A probable Bronze Age round barrow to the southwest of New Barn Farm is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

A probable Bronze Age round barrow to the southwest of New Barn Farm is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (1).

The features comprise a central sub-circular mound approximately 20.8m in diameter, contained by a 1.5m wide outer ditch.

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

<1> Ordnance Survey, 07-JUN-69, OS/69187 077 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16216.

<2> Papworth, M, 1994, Shapwick Parish, Kingston Lacy Estate, Wessex Region, 89 (Unpublished document). SDO14228.

One of two ring ditches visible on aerial photograph CUAAP AXM59, approximate diameter from photograph 25m. This is probably a Bronze Age round barrow levelled by ploughing. Nothing is visible of the site on the ground.

Record last edited

Apr 18 2019 9:39AM