Monument record MDO7702 - Late prehistoric round barrow, Farm Heath, East Stoke

A bowl barrow situated on a plateau, overlooking the Piddle Valley to the north east. The barrow, which was recorded by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England in 1970, has a mound composed of earth, sand and turf, with maximum dimensions of 22 metres in diameter and approximately 1.6 metres in height. The top of the mound has a slit trench relating to former military training activities. The mound is surrounded by a ditch from which material was quarried during its construction. This has become infilled over the years, but will survive as a buried feature 2 metres wide. Scheduled.

'B' - SY 89038781. Bowl barrow, 20.5m diameter and 1.9m high with slit trench in top. <2>

Farm Heath Group of five barrows on slope dropping north towards River Piddle. 'B' - (46) SY 89028783. Bowl barrow 63 ft diameter and 6 ft high. A trench cuts into the centre. <4>

SY 890878. Round barrow on Farm Heath. (Barrow 'B'). Scheduled. <6>

'B' SY 89038782. Bowl barrow, diameter 22.0m., height 1.6m. No visible ditch. 'A' and 'B'. Resurveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <5>

A mound, approximately 16.8m in diameter, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs <9-14> and Lidar imagery <15> of Farm Heath, East Stoke. It is considered likely to be the remains of the Bronze Age round barrow described above. This feature was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project. It is one of a large group of potential late prehistoric barrows situated at this location (see also MDO7701-05 and MDO30236-41).

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1938 (Map). SWX1540.

(Centred SY 891878) Tumulus (NR) (three times) Tumuli (NR) (twice)

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 29-JUL-52 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

('A' - SY 89278774; 'B' - SY 89038782; 'C' - 89838788) Tumulus (NR)

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 452 (Monograph). SDO150.

‘Farm Heath Group (SY 88 NE). Five barrows on slope dropping N. towards River Piddle. … (46) Bowl (89028783) on flat top of small plateau 220 yds. E.S.E. of (45). Diam. 63 ft., ht. 6 ft. Trench cuts into centre.’

<5> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 18-JUN-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<6> Department of the Environment, 1977, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England Vol 2, 63 (Monograph). SWX2300.

<7> DCMS, 1997, Scheduled Monument Notification 1997, 15-OCT-1997 (Scheduling record). SDO17426.

<8> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<9> Royal Air Force, 21-JAN-1945, RAF 106G/LA/105 1040-41 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13190.

<10> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 6409-10 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13207.

<11> Royal Air Force, 25-JUN-1962, RAF 58/5210 F21 94 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13199.

<12> Royal Air Force, 20-OCT-1971, RAF 39/3812 0168-169 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13222.

<13> Meridian Air Maps Ltd, 29-10-1983, NMR MAL/2683 009-010 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13223.

<14> National Monuments Record, 18-NOV-2005, NMR SY 8987/1 (24141/35) (Aerial Photograph). SDO13221.

<15> Environment Agency, 2010, Lidar DSM (Aerial Photograph). SDO13147.

<16> National Record of the Historic Environment, 455177 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<17> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1174183 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 9 2024 4:37PM