Monument record MDO37386 - Round barrow c 630 metres SSE of Hill Farm, Tarrant Keneston.

A plough-levelled Bronze Age round barrow visible as a soilmark on aerial photographs dated 1972, and as a cropmark on aerial photographs dated 2009. It was recorded as cropmarks on 2015 Historic England oblique aerial photographs and digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project. The record for this monument has been created with support from Wessex Water.

A plough-levelled round barrow visible as a circular, annular soil mark with a diameter of c 22 metres on aerial photographs dated 1972 <1> and as a cropmark on aerial photographs dated 2009 <4>. No evidence was seen on either photograph to suggest survival of mound or bank material, and no associated features could be discerned. The barrow appears to be part of a loosely associated group, with at least three (possibly four) others ranged to the east. A Bronze Age round barrow is recorded as cropmarks on 2015 Historic England oblique aerial photographs. It is visible as a ring ditch enclosing an area with a diameter of about 19m. It is also recorded on 2005 Google Earth vertical aerial photographs. It is centred at ST 9399 0377. <3> <5> A Bronze Age round barrow is recorded as cropmarks on 2015 Historic England oblique aerial photographs <6>. It is visible as a ring ditch enclosing an area with a diameter of about 19m. It is also recorded on 2005 Google Earth vertical aerial photographs <2>. It is centred at ST 9399 0377 and was digitally recorded during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project. A short length of ditch runs up to the west side and continues on the east side, it is of uncertain date and may be contemporary.

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Feb 13 2023 7:35PM