Monument record MDO4387 - Round Barrow, Milborne St Andrew

A circular cropmark visible on aerial photographs taken by John Boyden in 1973. Interpreted as a ring ditch of probable Bronze Age date. The site was digitally recorded during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM Project. In 2019 an archaeological evaluation by Cotswold Archaeology revealed The two opposing sides of this ring ditch. Two central pits within the ring ditch were likely to be burials, and two features outside may have been satellite burials or an external posthole alignment associated with the barrow.

'A' - SY 80579761. Crop-mark of ring-ditch. <1>

Nothing visible on the ground at these two references. The cropmarks are not visible on OS air photographs. <2>

The probable site of a plough-levelled Bronze Age round barrow is visible a cropmark ring ditch on aerial photographs taken in 1973 and 1976 <4>. It is partially complete and 9.5m across. A second complete ring ditch is situated immediately to the west (MDO48191). The features were digitally recorded during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM Project.

Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1986, Dorset Barrow Survey (Index). SDO134.

'No visible traces of either site, both in a field regularly ploughed in established grass and grazed by cattle when visited. Ploughed out. Papworth MDJ, TWA 3.1.86.'

Bush, S J, 2019, Land South of Blandford Hill, Milborne St Andrew, Dorset. Archaeological Evaluation., 31 (Unpublished document). SDO16407.

<1> Boyden, J R, 4-MAR-1973, Boyden Flight 64 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17713.

<2> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 29-MAY-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<2.1> Ordnance Survey, 05-SEP-79, OS/79/110/117-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19600.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 456031 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<4> J R Boyden, 08-JUL-1976, JRB 3305/11 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20758.

Record last edited

Mar 6 2025 12:46PM