Monument record MDO1719 - Bowl barrow east of Furway Plantation, Minterne Magna
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Summary
A bowl barrow. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around 50 feet in diameter with a mound about one foot high but it is now much reduced in height by ploughing and was recorded as a slight mound and a surface spread of flints in 1976. The barrow is reputed to be Sherdenberwe, a mound mentioned in a Saxon charter of AD 941.
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Full Description
Formerly Buckland Newton now in Mintern Magna, probably the Sherdenberwe of Anglo-Saxon charter. <1>
Bowl barrow, situated at ST 67030430, in an area of 'Celtic' fields. It is very irregular, having been heavily ploughed, and is about 50ft in diameter and 1 ft high. <3>
A round barrow on Little Minterne Hill is 40ft in diameter and 1 1/2ft high. <4>
The OS air photograph depicts this barrow as a 20.0m spread of flints with no soilmark of a ditch. It is currently ploughed, and on the ground appears only as a vague and unsurveyable rise. Feature deleted on 1:2500. <5>
The barrow described by the above authorities is not visible on the 2006 aerial photographs, but in the north-west corner of the adjacent field a slight mound is visible at approximately ST 6705 0438, which could be the remains of a second barrow. <7-8>
Grinsell (1981) records this barrow as 17 paces in diameter and 1 foot high, and notes that manuscript additions to Volume I of the RCHME Inventory (OS Archaeology) describe it an an irregular flinty mound; destroyed before 1976.
Sources/Archives (11)
- --- SWX1703 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1982. Dorset Barrows Supplement. 45.
- <1> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 97.
- <2> SDO13903 Map: Ordnance Survey. c 1962. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 map, epoch five. 1:2500.
- <3> SDO146 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1. 54.
- <4> SDO17382 Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. RCHM Ms File (unpublished revision of Dorset 1).
- <5> SDO11903 Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. 19-OCT-76.
- <6> SDO17381 Scheduling record: English Heritage. Scheduled Monument Notification. 02/01/1997.
- <7> SDO17379 Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 06-DEC-2006. NMR ST 6704/10.
- <8> SDO17380 Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 06-DEC-2006. NMR 24496/34.
- <9> SDO17367 Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/088 RCHME Inventory: Dorset I (West) and Revision.
- <10> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 198898.
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Location
| Grid reference | ST 6703 0430 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ST60SE |
| Civil Parish | Minterne Magna; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 076 012
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 60 SE 10
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 198898
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Buckland Newton 26
Record last edited
Jun 18 2024 1:55PM
