Monument record MDO48873 - Possible Bronze Age bowl barrow, Stratton Down, Stratton

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Summary

An irregular slightly sub-circular mound 12.5m long by 10m wide on the east side of Stratton Down, Stratton, is visible as an earthwork on Environment Agency lidar imagery. The feature could potentially be a Bronze Age bowl barrow and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle Valleys AIM project. A second possible barrow (MDO48871) is located just 20m to the northeast.

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Full Description

An irregular slightly sub-circular mound 12.5m long by 10m wide on the east side of Stratton Down, Stratton, is visible as an earthwork on Environment Agency lidar imagery [1]. The feature could potentially be a Bronze Age bowl barrow and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle Valleys AIM project. A second possible barrow (MDO48871) is located just 20m to the northeast.


<1> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.

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Location

Grid reference SY 6574 9528 (point)
Map sheet SY69NE
Civil Parish Stratton; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Oct 22 2024 11:49AM

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