Monument record MDO1507 - Bowl barrow on Long Barrow Hill, Long Bredy
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Summary
A Bronze Age bowl barrow on Long Barrow Hill. In 1952 this barrow was reported as being around 36 feet in diameter and 3½ feet high.
Map
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Full Description
A Bronze Age bowl barrow on Long Barrow Hill. The site is one of a group of monuments in the vicinity of the Long Bredy bank barrow (MDO1509) and is clearly visible on aerial photographs. {1-3}
One of seven bowl barrows, also near a bank barrow and a long barrow. 36ft. in diam and 3.5ft. high.
Four grass covered bowl barrows, with diameters from 10.0m to 12.0m and from 0.6m to 1.0m high. Very vague ditches may be seen surrounding barrows A and C, but these ditches are unsurveyable. <5>
A bowl barrow, one of a group of monuments clustered in the vicinity of the Long Bredy bank barrow (SY 59 SE 27). Listed by RCHME as Long Bredy 8 (f) and by Grinsell as Long Bredy 11, it was described by RCHME as a mound 36 feet in diameter and 3.5 feet high. Ordnance Survey field investigation in 1955 noted vague traces of a surrounding ditch. <4> <5> <6> <8> <9>
Sources/Archives (12)
- <1> SDO11114 Aerial Photograph: 06-OCT-2000. NMR SY/5791/45-54 (18969/01-08, 23-24).
- <2> SDO11113 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 3148-9.
- <3> SDO11106 Aerial Photograph: 02-APR-1969. NMR OS/69053 012-3.
- <4> SDO97 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 41-42.
- <5> SDO11903 Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F1 NVQ 27-APR-55.
- <6> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 117.
- <7> SDO12304 Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 9.
- <8> SWX1298 Monograph: Bailey, C J. 1982. The Bride Valley : the story of the past, with photographs of the present. 4.
- <9> SDO14130 Article in serial: Bradley, R. 1984. The Bank Barrows and related monuments of Dorset in the light of recent field work; Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 105, 15-20. 15-20.
- <10> SDO16431 Unpublished document: McOmish, D and Tuck, C. 2000. Long Bredy Bank Barrow, Long Bredy, Dorset.
- <11> SDO12407 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
- <12> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 451134.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (5)
- Event - Survey: Long Bredy Bank Barrow, Martin's Down, Long Bredy; field survey (EDO6615)
- Event - Intervention: Martin's Down Reservoir, Long Barrow Hill, Long Bredy Field 3; geophysical survey (EDO6470)
- 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 5730 9130 (16m by 14m) (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 F
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 59 SE 43
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 451134
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Long Bredy 8f
Record last edited
May 11 2022 5:06PM