Monument record MDO46375 - Four conjoined Bronze Age barrows, Bere Regis

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Summary

A group of four conjoined circular and subcircular ditched enclosures is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs to the east of Roke Farm, Bere Regis. The northernmost of the group is a near perfect circle 23m across and may be site of a primary round barrow with three others later added to the south west, south and south east. The site was digitally recorded during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM.

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Full Description

A group of four conjoined circular and subcircular ditched enclosures is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs to the east of Roke Farm, Bere Regis (National Monuments Record 1995). The northernmost of the group is a near perfect circle 23m across and may be site of a primary round barrow with three others later added to the south west, south and south east. The site was digitally recorded during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM.


National Monuments Record, 05-SEP-1995, NMR 15041/14 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19911.

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

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 05-SEP-1995. NMR 15041/14.
  • ---XY Machine readable data file: Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Cornwall Council. 2022. 2022 AIM Middle Stour HE8422. [Mapped features: #653083 ; #665816 ]

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 8388 9604 (64m by 53m) (3 map features)
Map sheet SY89NW
Civil Parish Bere Regis; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Sep 2 2026 4:55PM

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