Monument record MDO43883 - Bronze Age round barrow, Crab Farm, Shapwick

The probable site of a later prehistoric ring ditch is visible as a cropmarks on aerial photographs and was digitally recorded during the Dorset Middle Stour AI&M Project. It is one of a close group of four ring ditches which may be the sites of Bronze Age round barrows or later prehistoric hut circles.

Four ring ditches on air photo form a tight group very close to [ST 90 SE 24], Romano-British debris.
Diamters (approx): ST 95530213 - 12m, ST 95540214 - 12m, ST 95560214 - 12m, ST 95560212 - 14m. Nature uncertain. <1-2>

The probable site of a later prehistoric ring ditch 11m across is visible as a cropmarks on aerial photographs <3-4> and was digitally recorded during the Dorset Middle Stour AI&M Project. It is one of a close group of four ring ditches which may be the sites of Bronze Age round barrows or later prehistoric hut circles.

<1> Bowen, H C, 1990, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke (Monograph). SWX800.

<2> Bowen, H C, 1991, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke: Inventory, 8 (Monograph). SDO14864.

<3> J R Boyden, 07-FEB-1971, JRB 371/4587 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18111.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 13-SEP-1982, OS/82203 V 209 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18144.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 620899 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 12 2024 12:55PM