Monument record MDO6023 - Round barrow north east of New Barn Farm, Shapwick

A Bronze Age round barrow identified as a ring-ditch from an aerial photograph. This monument is one of three possible barrows shown in the locality on the 1811 Ordnance Survey map. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water.

'(58) Barrow (96040199), 30 yds. S.S.W. of (57), has similar characteristics.' (1)

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 64 (Monograph). SDO129.

<2> Papworth, M, 1994, Shapwick Parish, Kingston Lacy Estate, Wessex Region, 62 (Unpublished document). SDO14228.

A probable Bronze Age barrow visible as a ring ditch on aerial photograph CUAP XZ18 estimate diameter 20m. It is the same size as 112,036 which lies 10m NW of it on a gentle east facing slope. Three mounds are shown at this general location on Ordnance Survey (1811).

Record last edited

Nov 28 2018 9:41AM