A mound, approximately 15m in diameter, is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. The date and function of this feature are uncertain; it is possible that it is the plough-levelled remains of a Bronze Age barrow
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A mound, approximately 15m in diameter, is visible as 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 plough-levelled remains of a Bronze Age barrow.
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<1> SDO11925
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-1-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1065-7.
Centred SY 61913 87174 (27m by 26m) (2 map features)
Map sheet
SY68NW
Civil Parish
Portesham; Dorset
Unitary Authority
Dorset
Protected Status/Designation
None recorded
Other Statuses/References
None recorded
Record last edited
May 2 2012 5:15AM
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