Monument record MDO2196 - Rainbarrows, Duddle Heath, Puddletown

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Summary

A Bronze Age bowl barrow, one of a small group of three known as 'Rainbarrows'. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around 69 feet in diameter with a mound about 6 feet high, with traces of an encircling ditch.

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Three barrows (25-27), 'Rainbarrows', lie on Duddle Heath at just over 300ft OD near the S end of a ridge overlooking the valley of the R Frome. 'B' - (26) Bowl (75359206), 100 yds SE of (25) is overgrown with bracken and scattered conifers. Diam 69ft ht 6ft. Traces of ditch. <3> 'B' SY 7352905. Bowl barrow, diameter 23.5m. height 2.2m. Ditch 3.0m. wide and 0.4m. deep visible on all sides. All barrows are covered with dense bushes and undergrowth. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <4> Site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow. <5-6>

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1902.
  • <2> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 129.
  • <3> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2. 2. 231.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F1 JGB 07-NOV-80.
  • <5> Aerial Photograph: 15-FEB-2005. NMR SY 7392/3-5 (23748/10-12).
  • <6> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 4123-4.
  • <7> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 455027.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 7352 9205 (42m by 35m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY79SW
Civil Parish Puddletown; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 094 026
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 79 SW 24 B
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 455027
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Puddletown 26

Record last edited

Nov 9 2023 10:00AM

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