Monument record MDO5151 - Barrow south of Preston Plantation, Tarrant Rushton

Bronze Age bowl barrow. In 1972 the RCHME recorded this barrow with a diameter of approximately 45 feet and a mound standing approximately 1 foot high. The site was visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water.

The site of a plough-levelled Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a ring ditch 13m across on aerial photographs <4> and a very low mound on lidar imagery <5>. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project.

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 137 (Monograph). SDO132.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 114 (Monograph). SDO99.

'(11) BOWL (94110380), in the S.E. of the parish lies on the E.-W. spur about 240 ft. above O.D.; diam. 45ft.,ht. 1ft.'

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map, 1978 (Map). SDO17396.

(ST 94110380 ST 94220385 ST 94300383) Tumuli (NR)

<4> Historic England Archive, 23-APR-2015, HEA 29560/027 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18301.

<5> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 209612 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 22 2025 4:29PM