Monument record MDO42878 - Possible Bronze Age barrow, Grimstone Down, Stratton

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Summary

A low sub-circular mound is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Lidar imagery on Grimstone Down, Stratton. The feature may be a possible Bronze Age round barrow, although it may alternatively be part of a banked field boundary belonging to an Iron Age/RB field system (MDO42865). The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

A low sub-circular mound is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Lidar imagery on Grimstone Down, Stratton (1, 2). The feature is visible as a low indistinct mound approximately 11.5m in diameter. It is located at a junction of banked field boundaries belonging to an Iron Age/RB field system (MDO42865), visible on current Lidar imagery (2). The feature may be that recorded as a possible Bronze Age round barrow, although it may alternatively be part of the Iron Age/RB field system (MDO42865). The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-48. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 2689-90.
  • <2> Photograph: Environment Agency. XX-XXX-2019. LIDAR Environment Agency Composite LAST RETURN.

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Location

Grid reference SY 6417 9537 (point) (3 map features)
Map sheet SY69NW
Civil Parish Stratton; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Nov 17 2020 11:33AM

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