Monument record MDO20914 - Mount Pleasant: bowl barrow
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Summary
Site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow visible as a ring ditch cropmark on aerial photographs. It is part of a wider linear barrow cemetery located to the south-east of Mount Pleasant.
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
A ring ditch located south-southeast of the Mount Pleasant henge enclosure, one of several recorded for the first time during analysis of aerial photographs in 2004-5. Following the simple nomenclature used in the RCHME inventory and existing monument records, the barrow is designated 'I'.
Located at SY 71218969, it measures circa 14 metres in maximum internal diameter. It is the southernmost member of a broadly linear group of three ring ditches, and is separated from 'H', to the north-west, by just 4 metres. All three of these ring ditches were first photographed by Francesca Radcliffe in 1996. <1-4>
Ring ditch, approximately 15m in diameter, visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It is probably the site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow and appears to be part of a wider linear barrow cemetery aligned north-west - south-east, located approximatly 100m south-east of Mount Pleasant henge (MDO2890).
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SDO13178 Aerial Photograph: Radcliffe, F M. Oblique aerial photographs. FR 198/28 05-AUG-1996.
- <2> SDO10978 Cartographic materials: Barber, M. 2005. Mount Pleasant 2005 plot.
- <3> SDO10981 Unpublished document: Barber, M. 2008. Mount Pleasant Draft Archive Report 2008.
- <4> SDO14409 Monograph: Barber, Martyn. 2014. Mount Pleasant, Dorset. A Survey of the Neolithic 'Henge Enclosure' and Associated Features.
- <5> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1494224.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SY 71216 89697 (19m by 19m) (3 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY78NW |
| Civil Parish | West Stafford; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 78 NW 100
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1494224
Record last edited
Nov 10 2023 2:32PM