Monument record MDO469 - Bronze Age bowl barrow on Barrow Hill, Bradpole

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Summary

A Bronze Age bowl barrow lies on southern edge of Barrow Hill. It is 18m across and visible as earthworks on lidar imagery. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP project.

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A bowl-barrow, 15 paces in diameter & 4'6" high "soil very clayey". <2> A grass covered ditchless bowl barrow with a diameter of 15.0m and a height of 2.5m in the south. Flat topped. <4> A Bronze Age bowl barrow lies on southern edge of Barrow Hill, Bradpole. It is 18m across and visible as earthworks on lidar imagery. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP project. <6>

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1928-38.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Grinsell, L V. 1935-54. Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript.
  • <3> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 37.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Rigg, J. Field Investigators Comments JR. 21/09/1954.
  • <5> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 97.
  • <6> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 2010. Lidar DTM. sy4894sw_dtm_50cm.asc.
  • <7> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 450043.

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Location

Grid reference SY 4817 9446 (point) (3 map features)
Map sheet SY49SE
Civil Parish Bradpole; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 015 008
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 49 SE 2
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 450043
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Bradpole 8

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Dec 16 2022 6:26PM

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