Monument record MDO42880 - Possible Bronze Age barrow, Grimstone Down, Stratton

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Summary

An irregular sub-circular banked feature is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs on Grimstone Down, Stratton. The feature may be a Bronze Age barrow, possibly a bowl barrow, recorded at this location (NRHE Hob UID 453197). It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

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SY 64559623) Tumulus (NR) (1) A bowl barrow, 38ft diameter and 3ft high is situated near the north edge of Stratton parish, about 1/4 mile north-west of Jackman's Cross. (2,3) A grass-covered bowl barrow, 13 metres in diameter and 1.8 metres high with hollow centre is situated in the angle of a 'Celtic' field.The ground surface is irregular on the east side of the barrow. (4) Ploughed out. Deleted from 1:2500 MSD. (5)

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  • --- Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map. 1:10000. 1974.
  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
  • <2> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 229.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Swatridge, G C. Various. Field Investigators Comments GCS. F1 GCS 21-JAN-55.
  • <4> Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Records. SY 69 NW 41.
  • <5> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 131.
  • <6> Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 02-FEB-71. SY6495/10 (NMR285/283).
  • <7> Unpublished document: Attrill, N J. Field Investigators Comments NJA. F2 NJA 04-FEB-81.
  • <8> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 453197.

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Location

Grid reference SY 6455 9625 (point) (3 map features)
Map sheet SY69NW
Civil Parish Stratton; Dorset

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Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 108 012
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 69 NW 91
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 453197
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Stratton 12

Record last edited

Apr 13 2022 1:43PM

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