Monument record MDO46394 - Bronze Age round barrow, Bere Down Farm, Bere Regis

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Summary

The probable site of a plough-levelled Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a partial cropmark ring ditch on aerial photographs taken in 1980. It is 16m across with traces of internal mound. The site was digitally recorded during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM.

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Full Description

The probable site of a plough-levelled Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a partial cropmark ring ditch on aerial photographs taken in 1980 (Ordnance Survey 1980). It is 16m across with traces of internal mound. The site is part of a small barrow cemetery which includes sites MDO7135-6 and MDO37289, it was digitally recorded during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM.


Ordnance Survey, 18-APR-1980, OS/80021 V 161-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19664.

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

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 18-APR-1980. OS/80021 V 161-2.
  • ---XY Machine readable data file: Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Cornwall Council. 2022. 2022 AIM Middle Stour HE8422. [Mapped features: #654022 ; #654317 ; #665838 ]

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 8398 9728 (22m by 22m) (4 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 4:46PM

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