Monument record MDO46510 - Probable Bronze Age bowl barrow, Rail Clump, Sturminster Marshall

A probable Bronze Age bowl barrow to the northeast of Rail Clump, Sturminster Marshall, is visible as a sub-circular ring ditch on a 2007 aerial photograph and as a low banked mound on current Environment Agency lidar imagery. The feature is one of a loose row of probable barrows (NRHE Hob UID 1518301, 1518306, 1518308). Three further possible Bronze Age barrows are situated in the adjacent field (MDOs 46501/46507/46508), extending the loose row to the southwest. A further barrow group (NRHE Hob UID 1518310) is located just over 500m to the east. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

A small ring ditch probably from a Bronze Age round barrow seen as a cropmark on 2007 aerial photography <1> (SY 9283 9889). The ring may have a break on its south east side, although the cropmark is imperfect, therefore this feature could represent the ring gully of a round house. A possible Bronze Age bowl barrow to the northeast of Rail Clump, Sturminster Marshall, is visible as a sub-circular ring ditch on a 2007 aerial photograph and as a low banked mound on current Environment Agency lidar imagery <2-3>. The feature is approximately 21.5m in diameter. A short gap in the southeast side might be an entrance, or due to the incomplete nature of the ring ditch. The feature might be one of a loose row of probable barrows (NRHE Hob UID 1518301, 1518306, 1518308). Three further probable Bronze Age barrows are situated in the adjacent field (MDOs 46501/46507/46508), extending the loose row to the southwest. A further barrow group (NRHE Hob UID 1518310) is located just over 500m to the east. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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Sep 8 2023 3:20PM