Monument record MDO37391 - Round barrow east of the B3082, c 290 metres west of Target Wood, Shapwick and Tarrant Rushton
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Summary
A Bronze Age round barrow clearly visible as a circular, annular cropmark with a diameter of approximately 24 metres on aerial photographs dated 2005, and as a diffuse annular soilmark with a chalk-rick centre on aerial photographs dated 2009.
The record for this monument has been created with support from Wessex Water.
The barrow is visible as a cropmark ring ditch on aerial photographs taken in 1995 and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Miiddle Stour AI&M Project. The barrow mound is still visible on lidar imagery.
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Full Description
A possible Bronze Age round barrow is recorded as cropmarks on 2015 Historic England oblique aerial photographs. It is visible as a ring ditch with broad ditch (about 2-3m wide) enclosing an area with a diameter of about 20m. It is also recorded on 2005 and 2018 Google Earth vertical aerial photographs. This could be the barrow described in NRHE record 209271 but the location information in that record is not clear enough to be certain. It is centred at ST 9446 0396. <1-3>
The2005 <4> and 2009 <5> aerial photographs both appear to show lighter-coloured, chalkier soil inside the ditch, suggesting that at least some remnant mound material may survive. No other associated features could be discerned. The monument lies on the boundary between Tarrant Rushton and Shapwick parishes (visible as a linear cropmark crossing its northeasternmost arc), with the great majority of the barrow lying in Shapwick parish.
There is a possibility, although doubtful, that this could be the same barrow as Grinsell's Tarrant Rushton 5 (MDO5159) <6> . However, there are other possible locations for that monument at, or closer to its mapped location.
The barrow is visible as a cropmark ring ditch 22m across on aerial photographs taken in 1995 <7> and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Miiddle Stour AI&M Project. The barrow mound is still visible on lidar imagery <8>.
Sources/Archives (9)
- <1> SDO19393 Aerial Photograph: Historic England Archive. 23-APR-2015. HEA 29559_038-042.
- <2> SDO18557 Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. 01-JAN-2005. Google Earth 2005. ACCESSED 14-DEC-2018.
- <3> SDO16663 Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. 2018. Google Earth 2018. ACCESSED 14-DEC-2018.
- <4> SDO12563 Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 2005. Digital vertical aerial photographs.
- <5> SDO12079 Aerial Photograph: Dorset County Council. 2009. Digital vertical aerial photographs.
- <6> SWX1703 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1982. Dorset Barrows Supplement.
- <7> SDO18312 Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 13-JUL-1995. NMR 15315/53.
- <8> SDO18034 Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.
- <9> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1622673.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred ST 94452 03956 (28m by 28m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ST90SW |
| Civil Parish | Tarrant Rushton; Dorset |
| Civil Parish | Shapwick; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: 1622673
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: ST 90 SW 144
Record last edited
Oct 3 2023 9:02AM