Monument record MDO154 - Bronze Age bowl barrow on Beaminster Down, Beaminster

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Summary

Bronze Age bowl barrow, one of a small group of barrows on Beaminster Down. The round mound is 24m across and visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and aerial photographs. It was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

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(A' - ST 49710387) Tumulus (NR) (1) 'A'. Barrow 66 feet by 96 feet across and 10 feet high. This and the barrow to the south were opened in 1874 by S.S. Cox (See ST 40 SE 15). 'A'. A bramble covered ditchless bowl barrow cut by a pronounced excavation trench. It is 24.0m. across from NW to SE, and 27.0m. across NE to SW, and is 2.6m. high on the east. 'A' scheduled as an ancient monument. (4)

Sources/Archives (8)

  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1930.
  • <2> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 27.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Rigg, J. Field Investigators Comments JR. F1 JR 26-MAY-55.
  • <4> Scheduling record: DOE. 1977. Scheduled Monument Notification DOE (IAM) AMs Eng 1977 82. 59.
  • <5> Scheduling record: DCMS. 1996. Scheduled Monument Notification English Heritage Schedule Entry 18/11/1996. English Heritage Schedule Entry 18/11/1996.
  • <6> Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 16-FEB-2005. NMR ST 4903/1-2 (NMR 23810/01-2).
  • <7> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 2010. Lidar DTM. ST4903_dtm_1m.asc.
  • <8> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 192985.

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Location

Grid reference ST 4971 0388 (point) (3 map features)
Map sheet ST40SE
Civil Parish Beaminster; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 007 061 B
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 40 SE 15
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 192985
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Beaminster 61b

Record last edited

Mar 28 2022 11:11AM

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