Monument record MDO5506 - Mound, Crockerton Hill, Cranborne

Mound, 20 paces in diameter by 2 ft in height, situated on arable. Probably a natural outcrop, of which there are others nearby. <1>

A well-pronounced mound, doubtfully a barrow, about 20m diameter by 1.0m high, surrounded by a mass of building debris and oyster shells. Another similar mound, apparently natural, lies 40.0m to the north west. <2>

Viewed from a distance, the field appeared to be regularly ploughed and was in established grass. Lies on the crest of a narrow spur. <4>

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 103, Cranborne 1 (Monograph). SDO132.

<2> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, 1954 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East) (Monograph). SDO129.

<4> Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1986, Dorset Barrow Survey (Index). SDO134.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213566 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

May 30 2022 2:36PM