Monument record MDO1502 - Bowl barrow on Martin's Down, Long Bredy
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Summary
One of seven Bronze Age bowl barrows clustered around a bank barrow and a long barrow. In 1952 this monument was reported as being around 54 feet in diameter with a mound about two feet high, with a ditch around it. The top has been much disturbed.
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Full Description
A bowl barrow on Martin's Down, listed by Grinsell as Long Bredy 13 and by RCHME as Long Bredy 8 (a). Located a short distance southeast of long barrow SY 59 SE 34, Ordnance Survey field investigation in 1955 recorded it as a mound 16 metres in diameter 0.6 metres high, surrounded by a ditch 2.5 metres wide, 0.4 metres deep on the northwest and 0.1 metre deep on the southeast. The top of the barrow "has been completely dug away". Earlier, RCHME had noted that "the top has been much disturbed and now forms a sinking". <1-2>
A Bronze Age bowl barrow on Martin's Down. Located 35m to the south-east of the long barrow described in MDO 1510. The site is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs. <6>
Sources/Archives (7)
- <1> SDO97 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 41-42.
- <2> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 117.
- <3> SDO12304 Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 13.
- <4> SDO16431 Unpublished document: McOmish, D and Tuck, C. 2000. Long Bredy Bank Barrow, Long Bredy, Dorset.
- <5> SDO12407 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
- <6> SDO11106 Aerial Photograph: 02-APR-1969. NMR OS/69053 012-3.
- <7> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1315506.
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Related Monuments/Buildings (8)
- Parent of: Bowl barrow on Long Barrow Hill, Long Bredy (Monument) (MDO1507)
- Parent of: Bronze Age bowl barrow on Long Barrow Hill, Long Bredy (Monument) (MDO1503)
- Parent of: Bronze Age bowl barrow on Long Barrow Hill, Long Bredy (Monument) (MDO1504)
- Parent of: Bronze Age bowl barrow on Long Barrow Hill, Long Bredy (Monument) (MDO1506)
- Parent of: Long Barrow Hill: bowl barrow (Monument) (MDO1508)
- Parent of: Long Barrow Hill: Bronze Age bowl barrow (Monument) (MDO1505)
- Parent of: Long barrow on Martin's Down, Long Bredy (Monument) (MDO1510)
- Parent of: Neolithic bank barrow on Long Barrow Hill, Long Bredy (Monument) (MDO1509)
Related Events/Activities (4)
- Event - Survey: Long Bredy Bank Barrow, Martin's Down, Long Bredy; field survey (EDO6615)
- Event - Survey: South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Ref: 72660) (EDO5641)
- Event - Survey: South Dorset Ridgeway Project, Kingston Russell and Long Bredy; fieldwalking survey 1983 (EDO7109)
- Event - Survey: South Dorset Ridgeway Project; field survey 1983 (EDO5539)
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SY 5737 9096 (18m by 17m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY59SE |
| Civil Parish | Long Bredy; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 066 008 A
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 59 SE 101
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 59 SE 34
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1315506
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Long Bredy 8a
Record last edited
Jul 17 2023 1:25PM