Monument record MDO44386 - Bronze Age bowl barrow, Tarrant Rushton

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Summary

A probable Bronze Age bowl barrow is visible as a cropmark in a field to the east of Tarrant Rushton on an aerial photograph dated 1976 and as an earthwork on Environment Agency lidar imagery. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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A probable Bronze Age bowl barrow is visible as a cropmark in a field to the east of Tarrant Rushton on an aerial photograph dated 1976 and as an earthwork on Environment Agency lidar imagery [1, 2]. The feature comprises an oval mound approximately 10.6m long by 9.3m wide, with a partial outer ditch, 1.2m wide, around its west, north and east sides. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: John Boyden. 02-JUL-1976. JRB 3096/10.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.

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Location

Grid reference ST 9415 0514 (point)
Map sheet ST90NW
Civil Parish Tarrant Rushton; Dorset

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Record last edited

Sep 16 2022 3:59PM

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