Monument record MDO1533 - Long Barrow Hill: possible site of a Neolithic long barrow

An elongated mound lies to the north-east of the bank barrow on Long Barrow Hill. It is potentially the site of a Neolithic long barrow. It is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1948.

SY57309122. A possible long barrow, partially visible on RAF 1947 AP, but now indistinct; some human bones recovered. <1>

A possible long barrow on Martin's Down. Woodward (1983) noted "a possible long barrow...partially visible on RAF 1947 AP, but now indistinct, some human bones recovered". No further details are given. The location of the suggested barrow is roughly midway between the northeastern end of the bank barrow SY 59 SE 27 and the northwestern end of the probable cursus SY 59 SE 85. The human remains are presumably those also mentioned by Bradley (1983) who noted that the bank barrow and the probable cursus "both were aligned on an area in which human bones have been found after ploughing", his source for the discovery of human remains also being Woodward. <1> <3>

An elongated mound lies to the north-east of the bank barrow on Long Barrow Hill. It is potentially the site of a Neolithic long barrow. It is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1948. <6>

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1983, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1983, 141 (Serial). SDO83.

<2> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 733 (Index). SDO12304.

Field walking - irregular mound plotted and longbones collected. Approx. 17.0m end of bank barrow. 13.0m long, 0.1m high. Roughly oval but now spread by ploughing. Planted when visited. 7/6/E

<3> Bradley, R, 1984, The Bank Barrows and related monuments of Dorset in the light of recent field work; Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 105, 15-20 (Article in serial). SDO14130.

<4> McOmish, D and Tuck, C, 2000, Long Bredy Bank Barrow, Long Bredy, Dorset (Unpublished document). SDO16431.

<5> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

<6> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 3148-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11113.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 884831 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Dec 12 2023 6:45AM