Monument record MDO503 - Bowl Barrow, part of the Culliford Tree Group, Broadmayne
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Summary
Site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow, part of a wider linear barrow cemetery.
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Full Description
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 (SY 78 NW 7). This barrow measures circa 28 metres by 26 metres and is 3.5 metres high. It has a flat top circa 5 metres in diameter featuring a small depression, perhaps evidence of an episode of antiquarian excavation? Listed by Grinsell as Broadmayne 2 and by RCHME as Broadmayne 24, the barrow is located a short distance southeast of the trunacted southeastern end of the aforementioned bank barrow, and is separated from it by the modern road. RCHME suggested that the bowl barrow may have been surrounded by a ditch, a suggestion dismissed by later Ordnance Survey field investigation. <1-3>
A Bronze Age bowl barrow, part of a dispersed linear group of barrows ranged along part of the Dorset Ridgeway and incorporating the Broadmayne bank barrow. The barrow is located a short distance southeast of the truncated southeastern end of the bank barrow. <7-8>
Sources/Archives (9)
- <1> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 97.
- <2> SDO150 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 459.
- <3> SDO11900 Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F1 JGB 12-NOV-1979.
- <4> SDO12304 Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 602.
- <5> SDO16432 Unpublished document: McOmish, D and Tuck, C. 2001. Broadmayne Bank Barrow, Dorset.
- <6> SDO12407 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
- <7> SDO10766 Aerial Photograph: 22-APR-1954. NMR SY 7085/6-10.
- <8> SDO10765 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3284-6.
- <9> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1337678.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SY 7040 8527 (36m by 36m) (3 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY78NW |
| Civil Parish | Broadmayne; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 017 024
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 78 NW 76
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 78 NW 9
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1337678
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Broadmayne 24
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Culliford Tree Group
Record last edited
Jun 28 2023 3:35PM