Monument record MDO143 - Mound, probable barrow, on Batcombe Hill, Batcombe

A mound interpreted as a probable Bronze Age bowl barrow. In 1952 this monument was reported as being around 40 feet in diameter with a mound about 3 feet high. The mound has been disturbed in the middle, presumably in the course of antiquarian investigation. A low sub-circular mound is visible at this location on a 1947 aerial photograph. The earthwork was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

ST 62350385. Bowl barrow. <4> A mound, about 550 yards east of the church (ST 61860386), probably a barrow about 40ft in diameter and 3ft high. The middle has been disturbed. <2> This barrow was not identified during field investigation. There are a number of irregular undulations in the vicinity but none conform to the measurements given by the Royal Commission. Grass covered arable land. (3) ST 62330379. Circular mark visible. <5> ST 62370378. A 20.0m diameter, 0.3 high circular mound much reduced by cultivation. It has no visible ditch but resembles a bowl barrow and is possibly that recorded above although there is now no evidence of excavation. It is in an area of irregular undulation, currently under pasture. Surveyed at 1:2500. <6> A low sub-circular mound is visible at this location on a 1947 aerial photograph <7>. The earthwork measures approximately 11.5m in diameter. It is recorded as a tumulus on the OS 1st Edition map <1>. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project. The feature is not visible on current Google Earth imagery.

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