Monument record MDO4569 - Round barrow, one of the Chestnut Farm Group, Pimperne

A Bronze Age round barrow, possibly of two phases, comprising two concentric ditches visible as cropmarks. In 1972 this monument was recorded as approximately 65 feet in diameter, and flattened by ploughing. Chestnut Farm Group of nine barrows visible as ring ditches on aerial photographs, lying on a north-east facing slope. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water. The feature is visible as a double concentric ring ditch cropmark on an undated aerial photograph and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

The Chestnut Farm Group of at least nine barrows, all totally flattened by cultivation, but visible as soil-mark ring-ditches on air photographs. There are possibly traces of other barrows in the group. A linear ditch, seen on the photograph, which makes an angular detour around barrow € and cuts into barrow (F), appears to be of comparatively recent origin. References and dimensions are approximate. (A) Barrow 90250930 possibly of two phases, with twin concentric ditches ; diam. Of mound about 65 ft. <1> All barrows and barrow cemeteries within Cranbourne Chase are to be asessed for scheduling. The barrows of this cemetery had all been levelled by cultivation by 1969 and they continued to be ploughed subsequently. Most of the group is still in arable. The southern barrow now lies in a pasture field and is grass covered, while one or two of the others lie on the edge of arable and pasture. An examination of recent aerial photographs held by Dorset County Council, including those taken in 1997, ws inconclusive. An extensive trawl of all recent aerial photographs combined with geophysical survey and/or archaeological evaluation may indicate the extent of surviving deposits. However, it is suggested that this barrow group should not be scheduled at this time. <3> The feature is visible as a double concentric ring ditch cropmark, approximately 25m in total diameter on an undated aerial photograph [5] and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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