Monument record MDO49008 - Possible Bronze Age bowl barrow, East Hill, Nether Cerne

A sub-circular banked feature on East Hill is visible as 15m in diameter earthwork on aerial photographs and on current Environment Agency lidar imagery. The feature is located between two probable Bronze Age bowl barrows (MDO1736 and MDO1740) and could potentially be another Bronze Age bowl barrow at this location.It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle Valleys AIM project.

A sub-circular banked feature on East Hill is visible as 15m in diameter earthwork on aerial photographs and on current Environment Agency lidar imagery [1, 2, 3]. The feature
appears potentially disturbed. It is located between two probable Bronze Age bowl barrows (MDO1736 and MDO1740) and could potentially be another Bronze Age bowl barrow at this location. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle Valleys AIM project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1372 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21003.

<2> Royal Air Force, 09-MAR-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2475 RP 3123 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21041.

<3> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

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Oct 25 2024 2:37PM