Monument record MDO5951 - Round barrow, Pentridge

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Summary

A circular soil mark about 55 feet in diameter visible on aerial photographs and interpreted as a ring ditch, the probable remains of a Bronze Age round barrow. In 1975, W H Hoade recorded it as being 75 feet in diameter, the ditch being 3-4 feet wide. He also noted a mark in the southwest quadrant about 14 feet square which he suggested might be traces of an episode of excavation.

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Full Description

A ring ditch visible as a cropmark on air photographs. Around 23 metres in diameter, it is located about 130 metres northwest of the Dorset Cursus, and is one of a dispersed cluster of plough-levelled barrows in the vicinity of the modern village of Pentridge. Listed by Grinsell as Pentridge 17. (1-5)

Sources/Archives (6)

  • <1> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1976. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1975. 97. 45-49.
  • <2> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 57.
  • <3> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1982. Dorset Barrows Supplement.
  • <4> Monograph: Bowen, H C. 1990. The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke. 127 pp.
  • <5> Monograph: Bowen, H C. 1991. The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke: Inventory. 8.
  • <6> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 213598.

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Location

Grid reference SU 0359 1811 (point)
Map sheet SU01NW
Civil Parish Pentridge; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 3 017 027
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SU 01 NW 77
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 213598
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Pentridge 27

Record last edited

Jun 8 2022 3:57PM

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