Monument record MDO45502 - Round barrow north east of Crab Farm, Shapwick

One of two mounds possibly indicating Bronze Age round barrows shown on the 1811 1-inch and 1808 2-inch Ordnance Survey maps, north east of Crab Farm. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water

A mound visible on an Ordnance Survey 2" drawing of 1802 and the first edition 1" map of 1811 may represent a round barrow. <1-2>

Ordnance Survey field investigation in 1954 located no trace on the ground. <3>

National Record of the Historic Environment, 1248342 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 26-MAR-1954 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 63 (Monograph). SDO129.

'Two barrows shown on O.S. 1811, N.E. of Crab Farm (955029), no longer exist and are omitted from this inventory.'

<2> Papworth, M, 1994, Shapwick Parish, Kingston Lacy Estate, Wessex Region, 98 (Unpublished document). SDO14228.

Two ring ditches are visible immediately north of the Badbury – Dorchester Roman road 112,308 on aerial photograph NMR ST9502/1 (Bowen 1991, 41). They are probably the remains of Bronze Age burial mounds. Estimated diameter of ring ditch 112,778 is 11m. There is nothing visible on the ground.

Record last edited

Feb 9 2023 4:01PM