Monument record MDO401 - Bowl barrow west of Higher Skippett Farm, Bradford Peverell

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Site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow visible an earthwork on aerial photographs.

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Bowl barrow, 42ft. diameter, 2'6" high, west of Higher Skippet Farm. <2> A stubble covered ditchless bowl barrow. Diameter 14.0 metres. Height 0.4 metres in the south. Many flints exposed. <3> The barrow, in an area of mowing grass, appears to have been completely ploughed out. Deleted from 1:2500 M.S.D. <5> Site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow visible an earthwork on aerial photographs. <7>

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1927-38.
  • <2> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 36.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Rigg, J. Field Investigators Comments JR. F1 JR 11-SEP-54.
  • <4> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 95.
  • <5> Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F2 NVQ 22-APR-81.
  • <6> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
  • <7> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 09-MAR-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2475 4071-73.
  • <8> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 453752.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 6368 9134 (30m by 30m) (3 map features)
Map sheet SY69SW
Civil Parish Bradford Peverell; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 014 013
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 69 SW 48
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 453752
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Bradford Peverell 13

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Oct 26 2023 3:38PM

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