Monument record MDO411 - Bowl Barrow North of Whitfield Farm, Bradford Peverell
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Summary
Site of a Bronze Age barrow, visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. In 1952 this monument was reported as 85 feet in diameter with a mound about 1½ feet high. This or an adjacent barrow is thought to have been opened in 1881 by antiquarian Edward Cunnington, who found a contracted burial, a food vessel and flint implements. Another burial with a piece of Samian ware was found higher in the mound, and was presumably an intrusive burial of late Iron Age or Roman date.
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Type and Period (3)
Full Description
Three bowl barrows east of Forty Acre Plantation. <2>
'C' - SY 67039193. Bowl barrow, 85 ft diameter and 1 1/2 ft high. (RCHM No 15g: Grinsell's No 24). 'A' and 'C' are ditchless bowl barrows, both 21.5m diameter and 0.5m. High. 'B' is a bowl barrow 26.0m. Diameter and 0.7m high. <3>
Beaker (Corpus No 171) from this barrow, listed by Clarke. In Dorset County Museum. <5>
All the bowl barrows are now ploughed. 'C' measures 28.0 metres in diameter and 1.2 metres high on its lower side. (See ground photograph). Revised at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <6>
Three bowl barrows, forming part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery associated with a Neolithic long barrow.<7>
Site of a Bronze Age barrow, visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The site is 22m across and visible as a double concentric ring ditch. <8-9>
Sources/Archives (11)
- <1> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1927-38.
- <2> SDO97 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 36.
- <3> SWX1255 Unpublished document: Rigg, J. Field Investigators Comments JR. F1 JR 04-SEP-54.
- <4> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 96.
- <4.1> SDO10110 Unpublished document: Cunnington, E. 1915. Cunnington MSS.
- <5> SDO18289 Monograph: Clarke, D L. 1970. Beaker Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland. 479.
- <6> SDO14743 Unpublished document: Attrill, N J. Field Investigators Comments NJA. F2 NJA 23-MAR-81.
- <7> SDO17381 Scheduling record: English Heritage. Scheduled Monument Notification. 24-NOV-2000.
- <8> SDO10869 Aerial Photograph: 26-APR-1989. NMR SY6791/3-4 (4306/04-5).
- <9> SDO10868 Aerial Photograph: 05-JUL-2004. NMR SY6791/43-48 (23540/32-37).
- <10> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 453384.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SY 6703 9193 (36m by 32m) (6 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY69SE |
| Civil Parish | Bradford Peverell; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 014 015 G
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 69 SE 60 C
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 453384
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Bradford Peverell 15g
Record last edited
Jan 1 2024 4:39PM
