Monument record MDO8810 - Barrow in Quomp Copse, Hurn, Christchurch

A Bronze Age barrow in Quomp Copse, part of a larger barrow cemetery, is visible on an RAF 1954 aerial photograph and on current Lidar imagery. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

Group of barrows in Quomp Copse - see plan: SZ 1307596216: No 5. A slightly oval mound 12m across, surrounded by a sloping berm a slight inner bank fillowed by a ditch and outer bank. Damaged by a trackway around the N side. As with No 1 bank and ditch may be modern or part of a "Dorset" type barrow. <1>

A Bronze Age barrow in Quomp Copse, part of a larger barrow cemetery, is visible on a 1954 RAF aerial photograph and on current Lidar imagery <2 and 3>. The barrow is recorded as no. 5 in the NRHE Hob UID 458505 and is designated under SAM List Entry 1015998.

The central barrow mound extends to around 10m in diameter. A section of external ditch is visible on its south and west sides. A semi-circular external bank encompassess almost the entire barow and ditch, being open on its east side. This bank may be a later enclosure associated with tree planting or woodland management (see SAM and NHRE entries). A trackway along its north edge may slightly truncate the monument <2>.

In 1954 the barrow is under very early plantation and the monument is clearly visible <2>. It is under tree cover on current Google Earth imagery <4>.

The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

<`> Yonge, E, Letter, Miss E Yonge (Secretary) South Wessex Archaeological Association (SWAA), 18 November 1975 (Unpublished document). SWX3933.

<1> Royal Air Force, 07-OCT-54, RAF/58/1593 F22 0013-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15543.

<2> XX-XXX-2015, Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m (Aerial Photograph). SDO15442.

<3> Google Earth, 2017, Google Earth 2017 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15388.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 458505 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 21 2024 7:12AM