Monument record MDO7972 - Bronze Age round barrow, Godlingston Heath, Studland

A Bronze Age round barrow is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs and lidar imagery on Godlingston Heath.

SZ00618306 Five Bowl barrows and a Bell barrow forming a round barrow cemetery on a prominent ridge of Godlingston Heath. The bowl barrows each have a mound composed of sand and turf, with diameters ranging between 12 and 18m and a maximum height of between c. 1m and 1.5m. Each mound is surrounded by a ditch which survive as buried features c.2m wide. The bell baroow is situated on the northern side of the group and is made up of sand and turf, with a maximum diameter of 20m. This is surrounded by a berm 5m wide, which is in turn surrounded by a ditch which survives as a buried feature c 2.5m wide. The cemetery has been disturbed by recent military activity. <2> A Bronze Age round barrow is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs and lidar imagery on Godlingston Heath. The barrow measures approximately 13 m in diameter. A hollow, probably the result of excavation, is visible on the top of the barrow. The barrow is scheduled in a group together with five others (see linked records). <3> These features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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Jan 19 2024 4:42PM