Monument record MDO7696 - Bronze Age round barrow, Great Plantation, East Stoke
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Summary
A Bronze Age round barrow is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of Great Plantation, East Stoke.
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
A bowl barrow with a ditch. <2>
A sparsely heather covered mound of 15.0metres diameter and 1.1 metres in height. There is no trace of a berm, but a rather mutilated ditch surrounds the barrow, averaging 1.2 metres in width and 0.1 metres deep. Mutilation caused to mound and ditch is by tank tracks, but these have not cut deeply into the soil.
This bowl barrow is situated upon heathland, and no surface finds were made in its locality during field investigation. <3>
SY 85958873. Ditched bowl barrow, 45ft diameter and 4ft. High. Damaged. <4>
SY 860885. Round barrows on Great Plantation. Scheduled. <5>
SY 85958872. Bowl barrow; diameter 15.0 metres, height 1.2 metres. The ditch cannot now be determined. Situated in a forestry clearing. Resurveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <6>
A Bronze Age round barrow, approximately 16m in diameter, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs <8> of Great Plantation, East Stoke. This feature was plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project. It is not visible on the most recent comprehensive aerial imagery available to the project, this area now being under conifer plantation.
Sources/Archives (9)
- <1> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1930.
- <2> SWX1556 Unpublished document: Grinsell, L V. 1935-54. Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript.
- <3> SDO11903 Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F1 NVQ 18-SEP-52.
- <4> SDO150 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 452.
- <5> SWX1687 Monograph: Department of the Environment. 1978. Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England (Vol 2). Vol 2. 63.
- <6> SDO11900 Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F2 JGB 07-MAY-81.
- <7> SDO17434 Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East).
- <8> SDO13186 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 20-FEB-1946. RAF 106G/UK/1179 3063.
- <9> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 455108.
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Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SY 8595 8872 (18m by 18m) (5 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY88NE |
| Civil Parish | East Stoke; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 011 040
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: 455108
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 88 NE 2
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: East Stoke 40
Record last edited
Sep 4 2023 3:34PM