Monument record MDO5966 - Ring ditch north of Bowling Green Lane, Pentridge

A ring ditch visible as a cropmark on air photographs. Circa 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.

SU 03211827 A ring ditch discovered by Hoare during the drought of 1975 in the field north of Bowling Green Lane was 75 ft in diameter with a ditch 10 ft wide. Photographed and surveyed. <2>

SU 03211827. Additional reference. Ring ditch lies 130m NW of the Dorset Cursus. <5>

A ring ditch visible as a cropmark on air photographs. Circa 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. <3-5>

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

‘No visible trace in a field that appears to be occasionally ploughed and was in established grass when visited. Ploughed out. Papworth MDJ TWA 13.3.1986.’

<1> Historic England, Historic England Archive, Object Number: RCH01/091. (Index). SDO14738.

Object Title: RCHME Inventory: Dorset V (East). Scope & Content: Annotated publication proofs for Dorset V, East Dorset, published in 1974. Also includes original surveys, drawings and field notes, and unpublished material. Original survey material has been catalogued.

<2> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1976, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1975, 48-49 (Serial). SDO75.

<3> Grinsell, L V, 1982, Dorset Barrows Supplement, 47 (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, Pentridge 37 (Monograph). SDO14864.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213613 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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