Monument record MDO1266 - Bowl barrow, Kingston Russell

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A large bowl barrow on Tenant's Hill.

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"Large, prominent, opened, flints". <2> Bowl barrow, diameter 18 paces, height 5ft <3> Disturbed in the middle. <4> A grass covered ditchless bowl barrow, dug into on top. Diameter 20.0m and height 1.8m. <5> The site of a large bowl barrow on Tenant's Hill is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs. It was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project. <9>

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1903.
  • <2> Map: Crawford, O G S. Annotated record map 6 inch. 6 inch to 1 mile.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Grinsell, L V. 1935-54. Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript.
  • <4> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 127.
  • <5> Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F1 NVQ 07-APR-55.
  • <6> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 116.
  • <7> Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 34.
  • <8> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
  • <9> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3304-5.
  • <10> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 450270.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 5735 8810 (24m by 23m) (3 map features)
Map sheet SY58NE
Civil Parish Kingston Russell; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 058 005 B
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 58 NE 10
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 450270
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Kingston Russell 5

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Apr 11 2023 2:50PM

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