Monument record MDO44801 - Ring ditch, Gussage St Michael

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Summary

A ring ditch immediately adjacent to (and north west of) another smaller ring ditch probably from Bronze Age round barrows seen as a cropmark on 2007 aerial photography.

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

A ring ditch immediately adjacent to another smaller ring ditch probably from Bronze Age round barrows seen as a cropmark on 2007 aerial photography. <1> (ST 9861 1206).

The barrow situated to the north west is slightly larger than the other. The two from a group with another barrow situated to the south east (1518465*).

[* Note: No record of NRHE 1518465 could be found. The description of 1518462 (ie MDO44804) strongly indicates that 1518462 is the other barrow that they were referring to.]


<1> National Monuments Record, 06-JUN-2007, NMR ST 9811/22 NMR 24635/22 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18843.

<2> Historic England, Historic England Archive, Object Number: MD002804 (Index). SDO14738.

Object Title: Gussage St Michael Survey. Scope and Content: Aerial Survey record. Material held by Aerial Survey

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1518466 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 06-JUN-2007. NMR ST 9811/22 NMR 24635/22.
  • <2> Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. Object Number: MD002804.
  • <3>XY Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1518466. [Mapped feature: #634215 ]

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Location

Grid reference ST 9861 1206 (point)
Map sheet ST91SE
Civil Parish Gussage St Michael; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 91 SE 268
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1518466

Record last edited

Nov 21 2022 12:34PM

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