Monument record MDO3744 - Ring ditch on Compton Down, Compton Abbas

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Summary

A dark circular soil-mark about eight metres in diameter on Compton Down probably represents a ploughed-out Bronze Age round barrow. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water

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Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Records. ST 81 NE 14, Descriptive text/OS 495/B G/1978.
  • <2> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1982. Dorset Barrows Supplement. 37.
  • <3> Index: Trust for Wessex Archaeology. 1986. Dorset Barrow Survey. DBS.

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Location

Grid reference ST 8841 1895 (point)
Map sheet ST81NE
Civil Parish Compton Abbas; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 2 012 016
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 81 NE 14

Record last edited

May 17 2016 1:39PM

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