Monument record MDO8090 - Mound, Tyneham

Grass-covered, square mound, 27ft x 27ft and 1ft high containing stones, situated under 200ft OD on ground falling gently west. <1>

SY 88328027. A stony mound 8.0m. by 7.0m. and 1.0m. high. It appears to overlie a bank running north-west from its north-west angle. No date or purpose could be deduced from its appearance or position. Surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <2>

Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1983, Isle of Purbeck Survey (Index). SDO147.

‘Site lies on permanent pasture within the army ranges. 7/7/C.’

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 482 (Monograph). SDO150.

‘(38) Mound (SY 88 SE; 88348027), 250 yds. S.E. of St. Mary's Church adjacent to village closes (Tyneham (8), see plan in pocket, Part 2); under 200 ft. above O.D. on ground falling gently W. Square, with sides each 27 ft., ht. 1 ft. Grasscovered but containing stones.’

<2> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 04-AUG-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<3> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 455529 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Nov 25 2024 4:36PM