Monument record MDO2280 - Bronze Age barrow, Tulk's Hill, Puncknowle
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Summary
One on of group of six barrows on top of Tulk's Hill. The barrow is visible on aerial photographs and was digitally plotted for the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.
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Full Description
One of 6 barrows on top of Tulk's Hill. Bowl barrow, 45ft. in diam and 5ft. high, with traces of a ditch. <2>
Three grass covered bowl barrows with no trace of surrounding ditches. … 'B' - Diameter 15.0m, height 2.0m taken to the west. There is a slight central depression. <3>
'B' - A well formed bowl barrow, diameter 16 paces, height 5ft. <4>
A group of three Bronze Age bowl barrows on Tulk's Hill. The western barrow has a mound, 15 metres in diameter and 1.5 metres high, which has had a trench, 2 metres wide, excavated into it from the south, opening out into a central hollow, 4 metres in diameter and 0.7 metres deep. This is said to be the result from an unrecorded amateur excavation carried out before World War II. The cental barrow has a mound, 18 metres in diameter and 1.5 metres high, and the eastern barrow has a mound, 10 metres in diameter and 0.3 metres high. All are surrounded by quarry ditches from which material was excavated during their construction, now visible as slight depressions 3 metres wide. <7>
The feature is visible on aerial photographs <6> and was digitally plotted for the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.
Sources/Archives (7)
- <1> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1903.
- <2> SDO97 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 191.
- <3> SWX1169 Unpublished document: Swatridge, G C. Various. Field Investigators Comments GCS. F1 GCS 21-MAR-55.
- <4> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 129.
- <5> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1968.
- <6> SDO12167 Aerial Photograph: 06-OCT-2000. NMR SY5486/11.
- <7> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 450538.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SY 5483 8666 (17m by 23m) (3 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY58NW |
| Civil Parish | Puncknowle; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 095 011 E
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: 450538
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 58 NW 22
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 450538
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Puncknowle 11e
Record last edited
Apr 25 2023 10:40AM