Monument record MDO5795 - Bronze Age round barrow, Horton Inn, Horton

The site of a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible as a cropmark ring-ditch on aerial photographs to the north of Horton Inn, Horton. The ring ditch is 26m across and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

Two further ring ditches visible on air photographs at 'B' - SU 01600872 and 'C' - SU 01670870 which may be ploughed down barrows. <1>

No traces of barrows `B' or `C'. <2>

No obvious trace of the barrows `A', `B', or `C', seen in 2001, and not recommended for scheduling. Ground photos with archive reports. <4>

The site of a Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a cropmark ring-ditch on aerial photographs to the north of Horton Inn, Horton <4>. The ring ditch is 26m across and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP. It appears to be cut on its eastern side by the linear described in MDO40087.

Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1986, Dorset Barrow Survey, Papworth, M D J 19 February 1986 (Index). SDO134.

‘No visible trace in a field occasionally ploughed and in established grass when visited.’

<1> Ordnance Survey, 25-Jun-1975, OS/75/284 046-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18702.

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1982, Dorset Barrows Supplement, 42 (Monograph). SWX1703.

<3> English Heritage, English Heritage Alternative Action Report, KC, MPPA, Dec-2001 (Scheduling record). SDO18279.

<4> National Monuments Record, 06-SEP-1989, NMR 4554/60-3 (NMR SU 0108/14-17) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15732.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213060 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 25 2024 12:23PM