Monument record MDO46509 - Probable Bronze Age round barrow, Rail Clump, Sturminster Marshall

A probable Bronze Age round barrow to the northeast of Rail Clump, Sturminster Marshall, is visible as a sub-circular ring ditch on a 2007 aerial photograph. The feature is one of a loose row of probable barrows (NRHE Hob UID 1518301, 1518306, 1518308). Three further probable Bronze Age barrows are situated in the adjacent field (MDOs 46501/46507/46508), extending the loose row to the southwest. A further barrow group (NRHE Hob UID 1518310) is located just over 500m to the east. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

A Bronze Age ring ditch probably from a round barrow seen as a cropmark on 2007 aerial photography. <1>

This ring ditch appears in a group with two smaller ring ditches along the line of a linear ditch.


A possible Bronze Age round barrow to the northeast of Rail Clump, Sturminster Marshall, is visible as a sub-circular ring ditch on a 2007 aerial photograph <1> and as a low banked mound on current Environment Agency lidar imagery. The feature is approximately 30m in diameter and might be one of a loose row of probable barrows (NRHE Hob UID 1518301, 1518306, 1518308). Three further probable Bronze Age barrows are situated in the adjacent field (MDOs 46501/46507/46508), extending the loose row to the southwest. A further barrow group (NRHE Hob UID 1518310) is located just over 500m to the east. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

<1> 06-JUN-2007, NMR SY 9298/04 NMR 24631/37 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20113.

<2> National Monuments Record, 06-JUN-2007, NMR 24631/39 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19939.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1518301 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 8 2023 3:17PM