Monument record MDO42235 - Bronze Age round barrow, Wynford Eagle

A low mound, 16m across, is visible as earthworks to the south of Wynford Wood on lidar imagery. It had previously been confirmed by fieldwork in 1955 (NRHE) and was interpreted as a potential round barrow. The feature was digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project.

[SY 56929599] BR A semi-circular earthwork formed by a bank 2.0m wide and 0.4m high. Only the N and E quadrants of the earthwork are visible; the W side is now occupied by a modern field bank, the S side destroyed. The diameter of the grass covered earthwork is 11.0m, and the interior is slightly depressed - at a maximum 0.3m deep.

Origin and purpose of this earthwork are not clear. It is situated on the crest of a ridge, and could possibly be a barrow virtually destroyed and dug away.

On the E side of the earthwork are traces of a sunken track, 3.5m wide and 0.3m deep. There is no evidence of habitation in the vicinity, except for an IA/RB field system, and the earthwork seems rather too large and isolated to be a hut circle. <1>

A low mound, 16m across, is visible as earthworks to the south of Wynford Wood on lidar imagery <3>. It had previously been confirmed by fieldwork in 1955 <2> and was interpreted as a potential round barrow. The feature was digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<1> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 26-MAY-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3> Environment Agency, XX-XXX-2019, LIDAR Environment Agency Composite LAST RETURN (Photograph). SDO16524.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 450728 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 25 2023 11:13AM