Monument record MDO5436 - Bell barrow, Barrow Firs, Colehill
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Summary
Bell barrow on the summit of Barrow Firs. The feature is visible as a sub-circular mound within trees on 1950s aerial photographs and was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.
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Full Description
A Bronze Age barrow is visible as a sub-circular mound within trees on 1950s aerial photographs <3> . The feature is 21m in diameter with sloping scrub-covered sides and a bare summit. It is recorded as one of a group of barrows within Barrow Firs on the OS 1st Edition map <4>; only the one barrow is visible in 1951. The barrow is not visible on current Google Earth imagery due to the level of tree cover. It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.
(SU 02330110 & SU 02360111) Tumuli (NR) <4>
A. SU 02320110. Bell barrow, overall diameter 26.0 metres; height 2.0 metres. The ditch, 3.0 metres, wide and 0.5 metres deep, is visible only on the north-west and south sides. The berm is not easily traced because of the dense vegetation. The barrows at SU 02330112 and SU 02350111 have been destroyed by extensions to the school playgrounds. Surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <5>
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SDO129 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 4.
- <2> SDO131 Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Records. SU 00 SW 15a.
- <3> SDO15912 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-APR-51. RAF/58/629 V 5179-80.
- <4> SDO10239 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
- <5> SDO11900 Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. 12-06-1981.
- <6> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 213196.
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Location
| Grid reference | SU 0232 0110 (point) (3 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SU00SW |
| Civil Parish | Colehill; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 3 003 004
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SU 00 SW 15
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 213196
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Colehill 4
Record last edited
Oct 21 2021 5:01PM