Monument record MDO499 - Bowl Barrow, part of the Culliford Tree Group, Broadmayne

Bronze Age bowl barrow, part of a wider linear barrow cemetery.

Group of round barrows: 'A' Ditched bowl '70198536) overlying W and smaller end of bank barrow (SY 78 NW 7). Diam. about 80ft, height 11ft, above ditch. <1> <3> 'A' - SY 70198536., Diameter 23.0m., and height 3.2m. its north-east half completely destroyed by quarrying. Ditch on south-west merges with the south flanking ditch of bank barrow (SY 78 NW 7). No visual evidence that the mound overlies bank barrow. Published 1:2500 surveys of `A', `B', `C', `E', `G' and `H' revised; `D', `F' and `J' surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <4> A Bronze Age bowl barrow, part of the Culliford Tree barrow group, a dispersed linear group of barrows ranged along part of the Dorset Ridgeway and incorporating the Broadmayne bank barrow. This round barrow, circa 23 metres in diameter and 3.2 metres high, is listed by Grinsell as Broadmayne 1 and by RCHME as Broadmayne 20. It has been severely damaged by quarrying. It is located at the northwestern end of the bank barrow. RCHME stated that it overlies the end of the bank barrow, although the Ordnance Survey (in 1979) stated that there was "no visual evidence that the mound overlies the bank barrow". <10 Site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow, located adjacent to the western end of Broadmayne bank barrow and part of a wider linear barrow cemetery. <8-9>

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Dec 13 2023 4:44PM