Monument record MDO4328 - Bowl barrow on Breeze Hill, Melbury Abbas

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Summary

Remains of a Bronze Age ditched bowl barrow. In 1972 this barrow was recorded as having a diameter of approximately 30 feet and a mound less than a foot high. The monument forms part of a dispersed group of barrows on Breeze Hill. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water.

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When surveyed by the Ordnance Survey in 1956, no traces of this barrow were visible on the ground. Two bowl barrows: 'A' - diameter 10 paces and height 1/2ft - on arable land. 'B' - Diameter 10 paces and height 1ft. Slightly hollow centre. Under grass 1953. (2) 'A': No traces of this barrow are visible on the ground, and it has apparently been ploughed out. The site is grass covered. <3>

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1930.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Rigg, J. Field Investigators Comments JR. F1 JR 14-JUN-55.
  • <2.1> Unpublished document: Grinsell, L V. Dorset Barrows (Unpublished MSs).
  • <3> Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F2 NVQ 24-JAN-56.
  • <4> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 119.
  • <5> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1972. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North). 48.
  • <6> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 206533.

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Location

Grid reference ST 8989 2018 (point)
Map sheet ST82SE
Civil Parish Melbury Abbas; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 2 038 012
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 82 SE 49
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 206533
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Melbury Abbas 12

Record last edited

Sep 16 2022 3:28PM

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