Monument record MDO8782 - Barrow, Hurn Forest, Hurn

A mound which has the appearance of a barrow, 1.5m high radius 7m. Current Lidar imagery suggests a mound radius 13m and with the suggestion of a surrounding ditch. It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

A mound which has the appearence of a Tumulus has been surveyed at SZ 12389939, on a field document. It is 1.5m high and 7m radius. <2>

The reported mound is in the area of dense conifers, part of an extensive forest. It is probably extant but a long serch proved unavailing. <3>

No trace, presumably destroyed during tree-planting. <4>

This barrow remains extant at the given NGR. The height has been reduced to approx 1.1m and the diameter spread to approx. 17m. The top is slightly hollowed. <5>

Current Lidar imagery <6> suggests a mound, radius 13m and with the suggestion of a surrounding ditch. It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1898 (Map). SWX1540.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Large Scale/Small Scale Map Reviser's comments, SS 6" (E Cameron Reviser 1.4.57) (Verbal communication). SDO19451.

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 18-JUL-62 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> Wardale, C F, Various, Field Investigators Comments CFW, F2 CFW 14-MAY-69 (Unpublished document). SWX2704.

<5> Aitken, P, 1976, A Survey of the Archaeological Sites On Sopley Common, Dorset (Unpublished document). SWX3841.

<6> XX-XXX-2015, Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m (Aerial Photograph). SDO15442.

<7> Jefferies, Jeff, 1999, The Barrows of Christchurch. Their Past, Present and Future, Appendix 1. Barrow Record 18 (Unpublished document). SDO20590.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 458367 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 23 2024 3:56PM