Monument record MDO5033 - Mound, possible round barrow, Tarrant Keyneston

'B' ST 92660551. A mound orientated NW to SE is 17.0m long and 6.0m wide, being 1.0m high on the S and 0.5m high on the N. Now moss and bush covered. If it was ever a barrow, which seems unlikely, it has been severly damaged. <1>

These barrows 'A' and 'B' and mound 'C' are now described as having been destroyed by ploughing. <5>

<1> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 26-MAR-54 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 105 (Monograph). SDO99.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map, 1976 (Map). SDO17396.

(ST 92640551 ST 92650552) Tumuli (NR)

<4> Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1986, Dorset Barrow Survey, DBS (Index). SDO134.

'No visible trace in a field regularly ploughe, newly ploughed when visited. Now lies N of Ashley Wood in a large, heavily ploughed field.'

<5> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Large Scale/Small Scale Map Reviser's comments, Small scale revision July 1998 (Verbal communication). SDO19451.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 209401 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 16 2023 1:51PM