Monument record MDO50568 - Possible Bronze Age round barrow, Ibberton Hill, Ibberton

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Summary

A sub-circular feature on Ibberton Hill, Ibberton, is visible as a banked earthwork just under 19m in diameter on 1940s aerial photographs and current Environment Agency lidar imagery. The feature is of unknown origin but it might be a Bronze Age round barrow. It was digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

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Full Description

A sub-circular feature on Ibberton Hill, Ibberton, is visible as a banked earthwork just under 19m in diameter on 1940s aerial photographs and current Environment Agency lidar imagery (RAF 1945; RAF 1948; EA 2018). The feature is of unknown origin but it might be a Bronze Age round barrow. It was digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.


Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4338 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21687.

Royal Air Force, 27-MAR-1945, RAF/106G/LA200 FS 2068 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21689.

Environment Agency, xx-xxx-2018, Environment Agency National Lidar Programme DTM 1M (Aerial Photograph). SDO21483.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. xx-xxx-2018. Environment Agency National Lidar Programme DTM 1M.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4338.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 27-MAR-1945. RAF/106G/LA200 FS 2068.

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Location

Grid reference ST 7908 0677 (point)
Map sheet ST70NE
Civil Parish Ibberton; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Feb 18 2026 12:20PM

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