SDO16489 - Two Long Barrows at Maiden Castle, Winterbourne Monkton and Sheep Down, Winterbourne Steepleton, Dorset. Report on Geophysical Surveys, July 2007

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Type Unpublished document
Title Two Long Barrows at Maiden Castle, Winterbourne Monkton and Sheep Down, Winterbourne Steepleton, Dorset. Report on Geophysical Surveys, July 2007
Author/Originator
Date/Year 2008
English Heritage 50-2008

Abstract/Summary

Report on geophysical surveys undertaken by English Heritage's Research Department in July 2007, on two probable Neolithic long barrows, one east of Maiden Castle and the other on Sheep Down. Fluxgate magnetometer and earth resistance techniques were used.

External Links (1)

Description

Fort Cumberland: Historic England. Historic England Research Department report, published in 2008.

Location

Dorset Historic Environment Record

Referenced Monuments (2)

  • Long barrow on Sheep Down, Winterbourne Steepleton (Monument)
  • Maiden Castle, Winteborne Monkton, long barrow (Monument)

Referenced Events (2)

  • Long barrow near Northfield Plantation, Winterborne Monkton; geophysical survey 2007
  • Long barrow on Sheep Down, Winterborne Steepleton; geophysical survey 2007

Record last edited

Feb 14 2025 3:26PM