Monument record MDO1279 - Bowl barrow in the Black Down Group, Kingston Russell

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Summary

A bowl barrow, one of a loose scatter of barrows. In 1954 Ordnance Survey field investigation described it as a grass-coverred mound 13 metres in diameter and 0.5 metres high.

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Probably the remains of a barrow 45 ft diameter, 1 1/2 ft high, under the plough. <2> Bowl barrow. Diameter 7 paces, height 1ft. <3> A grass covered bowl barrow 13.0 m, diameter and 0.5m high, with no visible ditch. <4>

Sources/Archives (8)

  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1903.
  • <2> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West).
  • <3> Unpublished document: Grinsell, L V. 1935-54. Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F1 NVQ 31-DEC-54.
  • <5> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 116.
  • <6> Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 33.
  • <7> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
  • <8> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 451246.

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Location

Grid reference SY 5819 9023 (point)
Map sheet SY59SE
Civil Parish Kingston Russell; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 058 006 M
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 59 SE 65
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 451246
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Black Down Group
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Kingston Russell 6m

Record last edited

Aug 25 2023 10:50AM

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