Monument record MDO3578 - Bowl Barrow on Fox Ground Down, Blandford St Mary

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Summary

A bowl barrow recorded in 1970 as being around 35 feet in diameter with a mound about 1½ feet high.

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A ditched bowl barrow with a hollow in the centre. Diameter 12 paces. Height 1 1/2ft. <2> A stubble covered bowl barrow on arable land; it is 12.0m in diameter and 0.3m high, with unsurveyable traces of a surrounding ditch. Possibly excavated. <3> Tumulus destroyed: delete from field document. <4> (ST 86670397) Tumulus (NR) (site of) (NAT). <5> ST 86670397. Bowl barrow on Fox Ground Down, 35ft diameter by 1 1/2ft high. <6>

Sources/Archives (8)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Rigg, J. Field Investigators Comments JR. F1 JR 15-JUN-55.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Grinsell, L V. 1935-54. Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F2 NVQ 02-SEP-55.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Gossling, R B. 1961. Large Scale / Small Scale Map Revisers Comment LS 25 (R B Gossling 6.10.1961)..
  • <5> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1968.
  • <6> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1. 45.
  • <7> Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Records. ST 80 SE 9.
  • <8> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 205628.

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Location

Grid reference ST 8667 0397 (point)
Map sheet ST80SE
Civil Parish Blandford St Mary; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 2 004 032
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 80 SE 9
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 205628
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Blandford St Mary 32

Record last edited

Mar 10 2022 2:17PM

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