Monument record MDO5550 - Round barrow, one of the Drive Plantation Group, Gussage All Saints

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Summary

Round barrow much reduced by ploughing. Approximately 13m diameter. Visible as a cropmark.

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Full Description

A ring ditch visible as a cropmark on air photographs, one of a number of plough-levelled barrows located east of Drive Plantation (see SU 01 SW 3 and associated monuments). RCHME described the ring ditch as being circa 50 feet in diameter.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 21.
  • <2>XY Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1982. Dorset Barrows Supplement. 40. [Mapped feature: #342915 ]
  • <3> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1309119.

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Location

Grid reference SU 0111 1467 (point)
Map sheet SU01SW
Civil Parish Gussage All Saints; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 3 007 026
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SU 01 SW 123
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1309119
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Gussage All Saints 26

Record last edited

Oct 17 2022 1:46PM

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