Monument record MDO44536 - Bronze Age round barrow, Pimperne

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Summary

A crescent-shaped segment of a possible ring ditch is visible as a cropmark to the west of Pimperne on an undated aerial photograph. The feature is located within a group of Bronze Age round barrows at this location (MDOs 4569-4577), and may be an additional barrow associated with this barrow group, also recorded under NRHE Hob UID 209320. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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Full Description

A crescent-shaped 18.8m long segment of a possible ring ditch is visible as a cropmark to the west of Pimperne on an undated aerial photograph [1]. The feature is located within a group of Bronze Age round barrows at this location (MDOs 4569-4577), just southwest of a furtther possible barrow, MDO44536, and may be an additional barrow associated with this barrow group, also recorded under NRHE Hob UID 209320. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.


Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Cornwall Council, 2022, 2022 AIM Middle Stour HE8422 (Machine readable data file). SDO21760.

<1> xx-xxx-xxxx, ACA 7093/931 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18622.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • ---XY Machine readable data file: Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Cornwall Council. 2022. 2022 AIM Middle Stour HE8422. [Mapped features: #662377 ; #667155 ]
  • <1> Aerial Photograph: xx-xxx-xxxx. ACA 7093/931.

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Location

Grid reference Centred ST 9023 0925 (13m by 21m) (3 map features)
Map sheet ST90NW
Civil Parish Pimperne; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 90 NW 2

Record last edited

Aug 12 2026 10:28AM

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