Monument record MDO4409 - Ring ditch north of Weatherby Castle, Milborne St Andrew

A ring ditch recorded from aerial photographs. One of a cluster of ring-ditches and interpreted as the probable remains of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery. The site was digitally recorded during the Dorset Upper Cern and Piddle AIM Project.

The possible site of a plough-levelled Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a partial cropmark ring ditch 11m across on aerial photographs taken in 1971 (2). The site was digitally recorded during the Dorset Upper Cern and Piddle AIM Project.

<1> Richards, J, 1992, Watching brief and excavation at Milborne St Andrew, Dorset, R6 (Unpublished document). SDO12395.

‘Ten ring ditches were noted (Fig. 2, R1-R10). … Group R2-R8, with an outlier at R9, is in all probability a previously unrecorded barrow cemetery located on the northern end of the low hill to the south of the modern village. This group, taken in conjunction with the previously-recorded barrows and ring ditches (RCHME 1970), strongly suggests Bronze Age activity in the immediate vicinity of the transcript area.’

<2> J R Boyden, 07-FEB-1971, JRB 371/4596 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20760.

Record last edited

Jul 19 2024 2:11PM