Monument record MDO28440 - Bronze Age round barrow near Hethfelton Farm, East Stoke

A Bronze Age round barrow is visible as an earthwork on Lidar imagery. It is situated on the south end of a ridge near Hethfelton Farm. In 1970 the barrow was described as being around 46 feet in diameter with a mound about four feet high.

A large bowl barrow. <2>

A bracken and tree covered mound. Diameter 17.0 metres, height 1.2 metres. There is no sign of a berm or ditch, and is slightly mutilated by rabbit holes. No surface finds were made in the vicinity of this bowl barrow. <3>

SY 85838739. Bowl barrow, 46ft. diameter and 4ft. high on the south end of a ridge. <4>

SY 859874. Round barrow north-east of Hethfelton Farm. Scheduled. <5>

SY 85838738. A bowl barrow in woodland, completely overgrown with impenetrable undergrowth. Revised at 1:2500 on M.S.D. from previous measurements (auth.3.). <6>

This feature is visible as an earthwork mound on Lidar imagery <7>. The mound measures approximately 9.2m in diameter. It was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1930 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 85858738) Tumulus (NR)

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1935-54, Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript (Unpublished document). SWX1556.

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 18-SEP-52 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 452 (Monograph). SDO150.

'(32) Bowl (SY 88 NE; 85838739) on S. end of ridge. Diam. 46 ft., ht. 4 ft.'

<5> Department of the Environment, 1978, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England (Vol 2), 63 (Monograph). SWX1687.

<6> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 26-JUN-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<7> Environment Agency, 2010, Lidar DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO13148.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 455123 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 9 2024 4:31PM