Monument record MDO5428 - Bronze Age bowl barrow, Chalbury

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Summary

A Bronze Age round barrow lies on almost flat land in the Allen Valley. It appears as a ring ditch 28m across with traces of an inner mound on aerial photographs and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

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Air photographs taken April 15th 2002 show additional circular and linear cropmarks in the vicinity. However, the field has seen use as a pig farm and the area is also covered in crop and soilmarks relating to this phase of use. <2> The Bronze Age round barrows appears as a ring ditch 28m across with traces of an inner mound on aerial photographs <3-4> and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

Sources/Archives (6)

  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 4.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: 15-APR-2002. NMR 21620/23 SU 0006/39.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 2005. Digital vertical aerial photographs.
  • <4> Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 08-MAY-1980. NMR 1762/230-6 (NMR SU0006/13-19).
  • <5> Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/091 RCHME Inventory: Dorset V (East).
  • <6> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 213070.

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Location

Grid reference SU 0045 0685 (point) (5 map features)
Map sheet SU00NW
Civil Parish Chalbury; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 3 002 009
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SU 00 NW 30
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 213070
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Chalbury 9

Record last edited

Mar 27 2023 1:34PM

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