Monument record MDO24689 - Sheep Down, mound

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Summary

A mound is visible as an earthwork and a cropmark on aerial photographs. Its date and function are uncertain; it is possible that it is the remains of a Bronze Age barrow.

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A mound, 14 meters in diameter, is visible as an earthwork and a cropmark on aerial photographs {1-2} and was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project. The date and function of this feature are uncertain; it is possible that it is the remains of a Bronze Age barrow.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 3097-8.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: 21-4-1984. NMR OS/84038 359-60.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 61054 88827 (18m by 18m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY68NW
Civil Parish Winterbourne Steepleton; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Feb 25 2013 3:11PM

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