Monument record MDO50981 - Medieval pillow mound, Poyntington

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A medieval pillow mound is visible as a surviving, southeast-northwest aligned oblong mound.

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An oblong mound, orientated broadly east-west is visible on LiDAR imagery and in recent satellite imagees. It is probably one of a number of pillow mounds on Poyntington Down. <1, 2>


<1> Google Earth, 2009, Google Earth 2009 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12705.

<2> Environment Agency, 2022, LiDAR Composite Viewer - Digital Terrain Model 1m (Aerial Photograph). SDO21777.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. 2009. Google Earth 2009.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 2022. LiDAR Composite Viewer - Digital Terrain Model 1m.

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Location

Grid reference Centred ST 6450 2148 (27m by 14m)
Map sheet ST62SW
Civil Parish Poyntington; Dorset

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Record last edited

Aug 17 2026 10:04AM

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