Monument record MDO31309 - Bronze Age round barrow, Clouds Hill, Turners Puddle
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Summary
A Bronze Age bowl barrow is visible as an earthwork on lidar imagery on Clouds Hill, Turners Puddle.
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Full Description
Two bowl barrows aligned north west by south east, situated on Clouds Hill. The barrows each have a mound composed of earth, sand and turf, with maximum dimensions of 12 metres in diameter and about 0.75 metres in height. Each mound is surrounded by a quarry ditch which has become infilled over the years, but each will survive as a buried feature 1.5 metres wide. <1>
A Bronze Age bowl barrow is visible as an earthwork on lidar imagery <2> on Clouds Hill, Turners Puddle. The barrow is formed of a sub-oval mound measuring 20 m by 10 m. It is scheduled together with a second barrow located approximately 22 m to the north west (see linked record). This feature was digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SY 8230 9082 (26m by 15m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY89SW |
| Civil Parish | Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
- Scheduled Monument
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 89 SW 72
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1314952
Record last edited
Mar 24 2023 7:22PM