Monument record MDO5155 - Bowl barrow, Tarrant Rushton
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Summary
Bronze Age bowl barrow. In 1972 the RCHME reported that the monument was being denuded by cultivation but had formerly been recorded as 60 feet in diameter, with a mound some 5 feet high. There were distinct traces of a ditch and a pit in the centre of the mound. The site of the round barrow is visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Dorset Middle Stour AI&M Project.
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Full Description
Bowl barrow, over 200 ft. above O.D., ocupies an eastward-facing spur on the edge of Tarrant Rushton Airfield. Now being reduced by cultivation, it was formerly 60 ft. in diameter and 5 ft. high, with distinct traces of a ditch and of a pit dug in the centre. <1-2>
On the barrow floor a skeleton with a rude British urn at its head was found. Probably from this site. Blake 1870 No 12. <4>
The site of a Bronze Age round barrow is visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery <5-6> and was digitally recorded during the Dorset Middle Stour AI&M Project. The barrow mound is 17m across and encircled by a ring ditch.
Sources/Archives (8)
- <1> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 137.
- <2> SDO99 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1972. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North). 113.
- <3> SDO17396 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map. 1:10000. 1978.
- <4> SWX1703 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1982. Dorset Barrows Supplement.
- <4.1> SDO19320 Serial: 1870. Memoirs Read Before the Anthropological Society of London. 3. 114-119.
- <5> SDO18087 Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 24-APR-1988. OS/88055 V 179.
- <6> SDO18034 Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.
- <7> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 209519.
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Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
Location
| Grid reference | Centred ST 9524 0477 (18m by 19m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ST90SE |
| Civil Parish | Tarrant Rushton; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 2 063 015
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 90 SE 26
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 209519
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Tarrant Rushton (15)
Record last edited
Jan 30 2023 12:50PM