Monument record MDO2600 - Bowl barrow, Sydling St Nicholas

An oval mound identified as a probable bowl barrow. In 1952 this monument was reported as being around about 42 feet by 30 feet and around 2 feet high. A semi-circular mound is visible as a low and indistinct earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs. The feature may be the easternmost of three mounds along the line of the field boundary speculated as possible Bronze Age bowl barrows (NRHE Hob UID 453078). The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

Centred SY 624976). Along the southern boundary of the small field containing earthworks (see SY 69 NW 7) on South Field Hill is a mound ('A') measuring 23ft diameter and 1.25ft high, partly destroyed by the west boundary of the field. Another mound ('B') has the appearance of a bowl barrow, 24ft diameter and 1.75ft high with traces of a ditch. Situated to the east of ('B') is an oval mound ('C') about 42ft by 30ft and 2ft high. (1) 'A' - SY 62379762. A possible bowl barrow, 7.0m diameter and 0.4m high with no trace of ditch. The western side is slightly incomplete where the north-south hedge bank appears to cut off a segment of the circle. 'B' - SY 62399762. A probable bowl barrow, 8.5m diameter and 0.6m high surrounded by a ditch 2.0m wide by 0.2m deep. 'C' - SY 62449763. A probable bowl barrow, 11.5m east-west by 10.0m north-south. Flat-topped and without a ditch. (2) No change: revised at 1:2500 on MSD. (3)

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Apr 12 2022 3:46PM