Monument record MDO2243 - Ring ditch, Puddletown

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Summary

One of two circular crop marks seen during a drought in 1984 and interpreted as a ring ditch, the probable remains of a Bronze Age round barrow.

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Full Description

SY77229606 and SY77259602. Two ring-ditches each perhaps 10-20m in diameter. Two linear features in the South-East corner of the field leading North-East to the fload plain are centred on SY77319598. <1>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1985. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1984. 106. 114.
  • <2> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 891547.

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Location

Grid reference SY 7725 9602 (point)
Map sheet SY79NE
Civil Parish Puddletown; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 094 069
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 79 NE 62
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 891547

Record last edited

Sep 25 2023 2:47PM

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