Monument record MDO5152 - Barrow south of Preston Plantation, Tarrant Rushton

Bronze Age bowl (or possibly bell) barrow. In 1972 the RCHME reported that this monument was approximately 70 feet in diameter, with a mound standing some 5 feet high. The site has been damaged by ploughing, and by a World War II gun emplacement placed on top of it. The site was visible as 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 Bronze Age round barrow is visible as an extant mound 16m across on aerial photographs <4> and on lidar imagery <5>. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project.

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 037 (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.

'(12) BOWL (94220385), or possibly Bell, 130 yds. N.E. of (11), has been damaged by ploughing and a modern structure placed on top of it; diam. 70ft., ht 5ft.'

<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 4:21PM