Monument record MWX3249 - Bronze Age Ring Ditch, Hengistbury Head

A ring ditch was found during an evaluation by Wessex Archaeology in 2001 to the north of Broadway, Hengistbury Head. It is likely to be the remains of a ploughed out round barrow, part of the barrow cemetery in this area.

Part of the circuit of a ring ditch was exposed during an evaluation excavation by Wessex Archaeology in 2001. This ring ditch is projected to be about 12 m in diameter. The ditch had concave sloping sides and a flat bottom, filled with dark brown sand. No finds were recovered. The ring ditch is likely to be the remains of another, previously unrecorded Early Bronze Age round barrow, part of an extensive barrow cemetery at Hengistbury Head. (1)

<1> Harding, P, 2001, Hengistbury Head Outdoor Education and Field Studies Centre, Results of a Geophysical Survey and an Archaeological Evaluation (Unpublished document). SWX8626.

Record last edited

Mar 28 2013 2:00PM