Monument record MDO4680 - Bowl Barrow, Bonsley Common, Shillingstone

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Summary

A bowl barrow on a gentle slope. In 1970 this monument was recorded as being around 60 feet in diameter with a mound about 6 feet high.

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Two round barrows lie W. of Bonsley Common, close to the parish boundary with Turnworth. (A) Bowl (81930886), on a gentle S.E. slope at over 700 ft. above O.D.; diam. 50 ft., ht. 6 ft. <2>

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey map 1:10,560. 1:10 560. 1968.
  • <2> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2. 2. 242.
  • <3> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 205564.

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Location

Grid reference ST 8193 0886 (point)
Map sheet ST80NW
Civil Parish Shillingstone; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 2 046 027
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 80 NW 16
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 205564
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Shillingstone 27

Record last edited

Mar 8 2022 3:21PM

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