Monument record MDO7007 - Mound on Throop Heath, Affpuddle

A mound on the parish boundary between Affpuddle and Turners Puddle, interpreted as possible originally a small round barrow. In 1970 this monument was reported as destroyed.

SY 82229164. Boundary, mound-perhaps a barrow 11 paces diameter and 1 ft. high situated on the Affpuddle/Turner's Puddle parish boundary. <2>

SY 82229165. Mound on parish boundary, possibly a small round barrow, now destroyed. <3>

Subsequently to 1959 the area was used as a tank training area, and planted with conifers thereafter. Probably destroyed. <4>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1902 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 82229165) B Md (NAT) (boundary mound)

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 85 (Monograph). SDO132.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 481 (Monograph). SDO150.

‘(64) MOUND (SY 89 SW; 82229165), on parish boundary with Turners Puddle. Possibly originally a small round barrow. Destroyed.’

<4> English Heritage, English Heritage Alternative Action Report, KC, MPPA, Dec-2001 (Scheduling record). SDO18279.

<5> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 456340 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Mar 24 2023 4:48PM