Monument record MDO42876 - Bronze Age barrow, Grimstone Down, Stratton
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Summary
A Bronze Age barrow, possibly a bowl barrow, is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Lidar imagery on Grimstone Down, Stratton. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project. The barrow is a Scheduled Monument (1003771).
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Full Description
One of a group of round barrows on Grimstone Down: Barrow 'C' - SY 64309540. A bowl barrow, 35 feet in diameter and between 2 1/2 feet and 3 feet high. <1>
Barrow 'C' - SY 64309540 one of six grass covered bowl barrows varying from 6.5 to 16 metres in diameter and 0.7 to 2 metres high. <2>
"SY 642958. Group of four mound barrows on Grimstone Down". Scheduled. <5>
The bowl barrow is as described by Authority (4) though the barrow is now scrub covered. It is 9.6 metres in diameter and 0.5 metres high.
Barrow revised at 1:2500 on MSD. <6>
A Bronze Age barrow, possibly a bowl barrow, is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Lidar imagery on Grimstone Down, Stratton <7-8>. The feature comprises a very low earthwork mound approximately 10.5m in diameter and is part of a barrow cemetery comprising eight barrows. It is recorded as a tumulus on the OS 1st Edition map. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.
Sources/Archives (12)
- <1> SDO97 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 229.
- <2> SWX1169 Unpublished document: Swatridge, G C. Various. Field Investigators Comments GCS. F1 GCS 27-JAN-1955.
- <3> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 131.
- <4> SDO17396 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map. 1:10000. 1974.
- <5> SWX2300 Monograph: Department of the Environment. 1977. Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England Vol 2. 2. 69.
- <6> SDO14743 Unpublished document: Attrill, N J. Field Investigators Comments NJA. F2 NJA 04-FEB-1981.
- <7> SDO16863 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-48. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 2689-90.
- <8> SDO16524 Photograph: Environment Agency. XX-XXX-2019. LIDAR Environment Agency Composite LAST RETURN.
- <9> SDO14738 Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. ORD01/02.
- <10> SDO14738 Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. OS55/F32/7.
- <11> SDO14738 Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. OS55/F32/8.
- <12> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1457328.
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 6429 9540 (point) (3 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY69NW |
| Civil Parish | Stratton; Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
- Scheduled Monument: Multiple-period landscape including an Iron Age or Romano-British field system, six bowl barrows and an enclosure 600m SE of Langford Farm
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 108 015 E
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 69 NW 90
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Stratton 15e
Record last edited
Nov 10 2023 4:37PM