Monument record MDO44603 - Possible Bronze Age round barrow 260m west of Paul’s Copse, Cranborne

Cropmark of a possible Bronze Age round barrow is visible on English Heritage Reconnaissance photographs taken in 2009. It is approximately 35m in diameter.

The cropmark of a single ring ditch, approximately 35m in diameter, is visible on English Heritage Reconnaissance photographs taken on 27th August 2009. It is roughly centred at SU 0686 1366, lying 260m west of Paul’s Copse, and 45m east of the field’s western boundary. A slightly smaller ring ditch, recorded as NRHE 1615429, lies approximately 10m south-east. There are also faint cropmarks of another possible ring ditch, roughly 7m wide and located 10m south-west at the edge of the field, but it is not clearly visible and may be a natural feature. The ring ditches may be the remains of Bronze Age round barrows. <1>

<1> Historic England, 17-AUG-2009, HEA 26465_042 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18740.

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1615428 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Nov 8 2022 3:28PM