Monument record MDO5044 - Long barrow on Blandford Race Down, Tarrant Launceston

A long barrow recorded in 1972 as an earthwork mound 115 feet long and 48 feet wide, and up to 6 feet high. It is thought that this barrow was opened in 1840 by Austen, who found a burial interpreted as a later insertion. The barrow is visible as a sub-oval earthwork on aerial photographs and on Environment Agency lidar imagery and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

The barrow is situated in the area of military camp and has been fenced around. <1>

ST 92940884. Long barrow; possibly the one opened by J H Austen and found to contain an extended inhumation, probably of much later date. The barrow mound measures 44 metres long, 18 metres wide and stands up to 1.8 metres high. Scheduling amended. <5>

A long barrow recorded in 1972 as an earthwork mound 115 feet long and 48 feet wide, and up to 6 feet high. It is thought that this barrow was opened in 1840 by Austen, who found a burial interpreted as a later insertion. The barrow is visible as a sub-oval earthwork, 36.5m long by 18.5m wide, on aerial photographs and on Environment Agency lidar imagery <6-7>. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

<1> Wrathall, Reginald, Field investigator's comments RW, F1 RW 29-MAR-54 (Unpublished document). SDO18449.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 106 (Monograph). SDO99.

'(17) Long Barrow (92950885), on Blandford Race Down, lies at over 350 ft. above O.D. on a gentle E. slope, just off the crest of a Chalk ridge. Orientated S.E.-N.W., the mound is parallel-sided, 115 ft. long by 48 ft. wide, and up to 6 ft. high. It may be the one opened in 1840 by J.H. Austen, who found an extended inhumation, probably intrustive, 2½ ft. from the top (C.T.D. Pt. 2, No. 27). O.S., map of Neolithic Wessex, No. 157).'

<3> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/097 RCHME Inventory: Dorset IV (North) (Unpublished document). SDO17498.

<4> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map, 1976 (Map). SDO17396.

(ST 92940884) Long Barrow (NR)

<5> English Heritage, Scheduling Amendment, 03-SEP-2002 (Scheduling record). SDO17245.

<6> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

<7> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1975 RS 4008 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18689.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 209377 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 7 2024 4:30PM