Monument record MDO4462 - Round barrow south of Cayles Down Copse, Milton Abbas

A mound interpreted as a probable Bronze Age round barrow. In 1970 this monument was reported as around 50 feet in diameter with a mound about 1 foot high. The site of this barrow is visible as a low earthwork mound on lidar imagery and was digitially recorded during the Cerne and Piddle AIM Project.

SY 81689952. A much spread, ditchless bowl barrow, 21.0m diameter and 0.6m high with several large nodules of flint exposed. <1>

SY 81669955. Barrow (?), heavily ploughed, 50 ft diameter and circa 1 ft high. <2-3>

Barrow under crops at time of visit, making inspection impossible. <4>

The site of this barrow is visible as a low earthwork mound on lidar imagery and was digitially recorded during the Cerne and Piddle AIM Project. (6)

<1> Rigg, J, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comments JR, F1 JR 20-FEB-56 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 121 (Monograph). SDO132.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 200 (Monograph). SDO146.

'(30) Barrow (?) (81669955), 400 yds. S. of Cayles Down Copse, is heavily ploughed. Diam. 50 ft., ht., c. 1 ft'.

<4> Barton, J G, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comments JGB, F2 JGB 02-JUN-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 455831 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<6> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1 (Map). SDO10239.

Record last edited

Jan 6 2026 3:51PM