Monument record MDO41455 - Possible Bronze Age barrow, Cowgrove Farm, Pamphill

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Summary

A low sub-circular mound in a field to the southwest of Cowgrove Farm is faintly visible on current Lidar imagery. The feature may be a Bronze Age barrow and if so, would be the middle one of a row of three barrows at this location (see also MDO41454 and 32416). It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

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Full Description

A low sub-circular mound in a field to the southwest of Cowgrove Farm is faintly visible on current Lidar imagery (1). The feature is faint and indistinct but appears to comprises a low sub-circular mound approximately 30m in diameter. A possible partial outer ditch approximately 1.6m wide is visible on its south side. The feature may be a Bronze Age barrow and if so, would be the middle one of a row of three barrows at this location (see also MDO41454 and 32416). The site is still open fields on current Google Earth imagery. The feature is possibly visible as a parchmark in year 2005 and a faint cropmark in year 2009 (2 and 3). It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: XX-XXX-2015. Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. XX-XXX-2005. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. 2009. Google Earth 2009.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9790 9956 (point) (4 map features)
Map sheet SY99NE
Civil Parish Pamphill; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Aug 28 2018 11:28AM

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