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Monument Number 1494224
Hob Uid: 1494224
Location : Dorset West Stafford
Grid Ref : SY7121089690
Summary : A Bronze Age round barrow recorded as a ring ditch on aerial photographs. It is the southernmost ring ditch of a group of three located south-southeast of the Mount Pleasant henge enclosure. All three were first photographed in the 1990s.
More information : A ring ditch located south-southeast of the Mount Pleasant henge enclosure, one of several recorded for the first time during analysis of aerial photographs in 2004-5. Following the simple nomenclature used in the RCHME inventory and existing monument records, the barrow is designated 'I'. Located at SY 71218969, it measures circa 14 metres in maximum internal diameter. It is the southernmost member of a broadly linear group of three ring ditches, and is separated from 'H', to the north-west, by just 4 metres. All three of these ring ditches were first photographed by Francesca Radcliffe in 1996. (1,2)

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Source details : Francesca Radcliffe aerial photography FR 198/28 05-AUG-1996
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Source details : Mount Pleasant, Dorset. A Survey of the Neolithic Henge and associated features as seen on aerial photographs. EH Aerial Survey Report, Research Dept. Report Series.
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Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Ring Ditch
Evidence : Cropmark

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SY 78 NW 100
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Relationship type : General association

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Monument Number 1494224