Monument record MDO5951 - Round barrow, Pentridge

A circular soil mark about 55 feet in diameter visible on aerial photographs and interpreted as a ring ditch, the probable remains of a Bronze Age round barrow. In 1975, W H Hoade recorded it as being 75 feet in diameter, the ditch being 3-4 feet wide. He also noted a mark in the southwest quadrant about 14 feet square which he suggested might be traces of an episode of excavation.

A ring ditch visible as a cropmark on air photographs. Around 23 metres in diameter, it is located about 130 metres northwest of the Dorset Cursus, and is one of a dispersed cluster of plough-levelled barrows in the vicinity of the modern village of Pentridge. Listed by Grinsell as Pentridge 17. (1-5)

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1976, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1975, 45-49 (Serial). SDO75.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 57 (Monograph). SDO129.

‘Two ring ditches, probably barrows, appear as soil marks on air photographs (C.U.A.P., ANE 7, 8). They lie close together in the dry valley immediately N. of the village. … (27) Barrow ? (03591811); about 55 ft. in diameter.’

<3> Grinsell, L V, 1982, Dorset Barrows Supplement (Monograph). SWX1703.

<4> Bowen, H C, 1990, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke (Monograph). SWX800.

<5> Bowen, H C, 1991, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke: Inventory, 8 (Monograph). SDO14864.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213598 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jun 8 2022 3:57PM