Monument record MDO49547 - Prehistoric mounds, Church Hill, Alton Pancras

Three small sub-circular mounds are visible as low earthworks on lidar imagery on the southern side of Church Hill. They all lie on the top of the ridge running towards Watcombve Plain and are potentially the sites of Bronze Age round barrows. They lie within a prehistoric field system, later cultivated in the medieval period, and may predate, or be associated, with the field system. The features are between 7m and 10 m across and were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

Three small sub-circular mounds are visible low earthworks on lidar imagery on the southern side of Church Hill. They all lie on the top of the ridge running towards Watcombve Plain and are potentially the sites of Bronze Age round barrows. They lie within a prehistoric field system, later cultivated in the medieval period, and may predate, or be associated, with the field system. The features are between 7m and 10 m across and were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project. (Environment Agency 2021)

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

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