Monument record MDO4329 - Bowl barrow on Breeze Hill, Melbury Abbas

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Summary

A Bronze Age ditched bowl barrow, part of a dispersed group of barrows on Breeze Hill. When visited by the Ordnance Survey in 1956, this barrow had been ploughed out and only faint unsurveyable traces remained. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water.

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Listed under bowl barrows (A' is also referred to a list of Long Barrows, but it is not mentioned in that list.) 'B'. Diameter 7 paces; height 6 ins. <2> 'B' This barrow has been ploughed out, and only faint unsurveyable traces remain. Its site is grass and stubble covered. <3>

Sources/Archives (8)

  • <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 Unpublished document: Rigg, J. Field Investigators Comments JR.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 Unpublished document: Grinsell, L V. 1935-54. Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript.
  • <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 Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various.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> Monograph: Department of the Environment. 1977. Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England (Vol 1). Vol 1. 66.
  • <7> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 206538.

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Location

Grid reference ST 8978 2051 (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: 2 038 013
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 82 SE 50
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 206538
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Melbury Abbas (13)

Record last edited

Aug 14 2023 10:48AM

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