Monument record MDO4985 - Mounds, Tarrant Hinton

A cluster of five small mounds, close to the parish boundary, of unknown date and function, now destroyed. Formerly situated North-North-West of Pimperne Long Barrow. It has been suggested that, because of their small size and location, these may be round barrows of pagan Saxon origin.

(ST 91691061 : ST 91701059 : ST 91701058) Tumuli (NR) (sites of) (NAT) <1>

Five very small barrows or mounds at ST 917106 are now levelled by ploughing but were formerly situated NNW of Pimperne Long Barrow (ST 91 SW 11). Their position, almost on the parish boundary with Pimperne, and their small size suggest that these earthworks may have been of Pagan Saxon origin. <2>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 101 (Monograph). SDO99.

(54) Mounds (917106). Five very small barrows or mounds, now levelled by ploughing, formerly lay N.N.W. of (24). Their position, almost on the parish boundary with Pimperne, and their small size suggest that these earthworks may be of pagan Saxon origin.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 210180 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Jan 11 2023 11:38AM