Monument record MDO46510 - Probable Bronze Age bowl barrow, Rail Clump, Sturminster Marshall

A probable Bronze Age bowl barrow to the northeast of Rail Clump, Sturminster Marshall, is visible as a sub-circular ring ditch on a 2007 aerial photograph and as a low banked mound on current Environment Agency lidar imagery. The feature is one of a loose row of probable barrows (NRHE Hob UID 1518301, 1518306, 1518308). Three further possible 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 small ring ditch probably from a Bronze Age round barrow seen as a cropmark on 2007 aerial photography <1> (SY 9283 9889). The ring may have a break on its south east side, although the cropmark is imperfect, therefore this feature could represent the ring gully of a round house.

A possible Bronze Age bowl barrow to the northeast of Rail Clump, Sturminster Marshall, is visible as a sub-circular ring ditch on a 2007 aerial photograph and as a low banked mound on current Environment Agency lidar imagery <2-3>. The feature is approximately 21.5m in diameter. A short gap in the southeast side might be an entrance, or due to the incomplete nature of the ring ditch. The feature 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> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1518306 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 8 2023 3:20PM