Monument record MDO4973 - Round barrow on Barton Hill, Tarrant Hinton

One of a group of four Bronze Age round barrows on Barton Hill. In 1972 this monument was reported as being much reduced by ploughing but visible on aerial photographs as a circular soil mark around fifty feet in diameter.

A ring ditch visible as cropmarks on air photographs. Part of a cemetery group of levelled barrows, this ring ditch was originally recorded as part of ST 91 SW 94 (barrow 'C'). Located 33 metres east of 'B' (ST 91 SW 94) and 18 metres west of 'D' (ST 91 SW 111), this ring ditch is circa 21 metres in maximum diameter, and appears to feature a roughly central grave or pit. <2>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 101 (Monograph). SDO99.

'Four round barrows on Barton Hill (40-43), now totally flattened by cultivation, are visible as soil-marks on air photographs (N.M.R. ST 9113/1; V 58/RAF/3250: 0135); they lie at over 300 ft. above O.D. on the summit of a spur overlooking the Tarrant valley … (42) Barrow (92991152); diam. about 50 ft.'

<2> Barber, M, RCHME/EH/HE Aerial photograph interpreter's comments (Verbal communication). SDO18427.

<2.1> National Monuments Record, 25-JUL-2001, NMR 21351/21 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18442.

<2.2> National Monuments Record, 25-JUL-2001, ST 9211/26 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18444.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1382768 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

May 8 2024 12:10PM