Monument record MDO32144 - Bronze Age round barrow, Horton Inn Cottages, Horton

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Summary

A plough-levelled round barrow visible as a cropmark ring ditch, c16m in diameter, on aerial photographs dated 2005. The feature is also visible on 2014 VAPs and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

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Full Description

A plough-levelled round barrow clearly visible as a circular cropmark of c16m diameter, noted on aerial photographs dated 2005 (1). No evidence for a surviving mound or other associated features could be discerned.

The ring ditch is 16m across and cut on its southwest side by a modern field boundary. It is also visible on 2014 VAPs and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP (2).


<1> GetMapping, 2005, Digital vertical aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDO12563.

<2> GetMapping, 2014, Digital vertical aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDO14101.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 2005. Digital vertical aerial photographs.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 2014. Digital vertical aerial photographs.

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Location

Grid reference SU 01958 08625 (point)
Map sheet SU00NW
Civil Parish Horton; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Sep 22 2020 2:47PM

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