Monument record MDO5142 - Bowl barrow at The Cliff, Tarrant Rawston

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Summary

Bowl barrow on The Cliff 775m north north west of Smiths Cottages. One of a group of three dispersed barrows on the edge of a steep sided ridge. The barrow is 20m in diameter and 0.3m high. It is surrounded by a buried ditch around 0.3m wide. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water. The barrow is visible as an earthwork on current Environment Agency lidar imagery and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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A bowl barrow much reduced by ploughing. <1> Bowl barrow 20 paces diameter by 2ft high. <3> The barrow is visible as an earthwork on current Environment Agency lidar imagery, measuring approximately 17m in diameter, and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project <4>.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1972. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North). 112.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map. 1:10000. 1977.
  • <3> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1982. Dorset Barrows Supplement. 137.
  • <4> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.
  • <5> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 209282.

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Location

Grid reference Centred ST 9527 0745 (16m by 17m)
Map sheet ST90NE
Civil Parish Tarrant Rawston; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 2 062 013
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 90 NE 14
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 209282
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Tarrant Rawston 13

Record last edited

Feb 1 2023 2:59PM

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