Monument record MDO50943 - Possible Bronze Age barrow, Poyntington Down, Poyntington

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Summary

A sub-circular mound is visible as an earthwork on Poyntington Down on Google Earth and lidar imagery. The feature is located within a concentration of nearby Bronze Age barrows and might be another of this group.

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A sub-circular mound is visible as an earthwork on Poyntington Down on Google Earth and lidar imagery. The feature is located within a concentration of nearby Bronze Age barrows and might be another of this group (EA 2022; GE 2014).


Google Earth, 2014, Google Earth 2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15450.

Environment Agency, 2022, LiDAR Composite Viewer - Digital Terrain Model 1m (Aerial Photograph). SDO21777.

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  • --- Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. 2014. Google Earth 2014.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 2022. LiDAR Composite Viewer - Digital Terrain Model 1m.

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Location

Grid reference Centred ST 6452 2140 (14m by 15m)
Map sheet ST62SW
Civil Parish Poyntington; Dorset

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Record last edited

Aug 17 2026 10:04AM

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