Monument record MWX565 - Possible late prehistoric round barrow, Farm Heath, East Stoke

A circular mound is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of Farm Heath, East Stoke. It is considered possible this could be the remains of a Late Neolithic or Bronze Age barrow. It is one of a large group of potential late prehistoric barrows situated at this location (see also MDO7701-05 and MDO30236-41).

Group of five mounds at Farm Heath - 3 are definitely bowl barrows, but the other two appear to be natural gravel mounds.

(Centred SY 891878) Tumulus (NR) (three times) Tumuli (NR) (twice) (1)

A - SY 89278774. Small bowl barrow, under plough, 11.25m diameter and 0.5m high.
B - SY 89038781. Bowl barrow, 20.5m diameter and 1.9m high with slit trench in top.
C - SY 88838788. Bowl barrow, 13.0m diameter and 2.3m high with slight unsurveyable trace of ditch on the south side. A slit trench has mutilated the top.
'D' - SY 89158790. Large natural mound of gravel. (2)
'E' - SY 89028793. Large natural mound of gravel.

Farm Heath Group of five barrows on slope dropping north towards River Piddle.
'A' - (49) SY 89288774. Bowl barrow, 36 ft diameter and 2 1/2ft high. Much disturbed.
'B' - (46) SY 89028783. Bowl barrow 63 ft diameter and 6 ft high. A trench cuts into the centre.
'C' - (45) SY 88848789 Ditched bowl barrow 46 ft diameter and 8 ft high. Much damaged and top excavated.
'D' - (48) SY 89158791. Barrow (?), no dimensions given, Nothing visible on top of knoll.
'E' - (47) SY 89028794. Mound, possible barrow, on top of small knoll. Very disturbed. (3)

SY 890878. Round barrow on Farm Heath. (Barrow 'B'). Scheduled. (4)

('A' - SY 89278774; 'B' - SY 89038782; 'C' - 89838788) Tumulus (NR) (Three times)
('D' - SY 89158791; 'E' - SY 89038794) Mounds (NAT) (5)

A: SY 89278774. Bowl barrow, diameter 12.0m., height 0.6m.
'B' SY 89038782. Bowl barrow, diameter 22.0m., height 1.6m.
No visible ditch.
'C'. SY 88838788. Destroyed by gravel working.
'D' and 'E' are large natural mounds of gravel.
'A' and 'B'. Resurveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D.
'C' deleted from M.S.D. (6)

A circular mound, approximately 15.5m in diameter, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of Farm Heath, East Stoke (7-12). It is considered possible this could be the remains of a Late Neolithic or Bronze Age barrow. 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).

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

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

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

<4> Department of the Environment, 1978, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England (Vol 2), 63 (Monograph). SWX1687.

<5> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 edition OS map (Map). SWX1540.

<6> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 18-JUN-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<7> Royal Air Force, 21-JAN-1945, RAF 106G/LA/105 1040-41 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13190.

<8> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 6409-10 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13207.

<9> Royal Air Force, 25-JUN-1962, RAF 58/5210 F21 94 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13199.

<10> Royal Air Force, 20-OCT-1971, RAF 39/3812 0168-169 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13222.

<11> Meridian Air Maps Ltd, 29-10-1983, NMR MAL/2683 009-010 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13223.

<12> National Monuments Record, 18-NOV-2005, NMR SY 8987/1 (24141/35) (Aerial Photograph). SDO13221.

Record last edited

Oct 17 2023 4:33PM