Monument record MDO7243 - Late prehistoric round barrow, Chaldon Down, Chaldon Herring

A circular mound is visible at this location as an earthwork on aerial photographs. It is considered likely to be the remains of a late prehistoric round barrow. It is one of two potential barrows located in this vicinity (MDO7243-44).

'A - SY 77918102. Bowl barrow, 45ft. diameter by 51/2. high with excavation trench across centre. <1> <3>

'A - SY 77918102. Bowl barrow, not ploughed. Diameter 15.0m., height 1.8m. No visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <4>

A circular mound, approximately 12.2m in diameter, is visible at this location as an earthwork on aerial photographs <5>. It is considered likely to be the remains of a late prehistoric round barrow. An excavation trench which cuts northeast-southwest across the centre of the mound appears to have become part of a trackway which now runs through this area <6>. It is one of two potential barrows located in this vicinity (MDO7243-44). This feature was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset). It is still visible as an earthwork on the most recent comprehensive aerial imagery available to the project.

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 98 (Monograph). SDO132.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

('A - SY 77918102; 'B - SY 77938102) Tumuli (NR)

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 441 (Monograph). SDO150.

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 17-JUL-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> Channel Coastal Observatory, 25-FEB-2009, Lidar (Aerial Photograph). SDO12879.

<6> XX-XXX-2009, Google Earth (Aerial Photograph). SDO12705.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454137 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 12 2024 3:26PM