Monument record MDO5546 - Possible bowl barrow west of Harley Wood, Gussage All Saints

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A possible Bronze Age bowl barrow located immediately west of Harley Wood. Approximately 10m in diameter. Damaged by ploughing. It’s identification as a barrow has been in doubt since the discovery of a later prehistoric enclosure now known to exist in this field. It has been suggested that the mound may in fact be part of the earthworks associated with the enclosure.

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(SU 00131291) Tumulus (NR) <1> SU 00131291 Bowl barrow, immediately west of Harley Wood, has been damaged by ploughing; diameter 34 ft, height 1 ft. <3> The barrow, and another located by Grimell at SU 0041 1288, are both very doubtful and are more likely to be parts of an Iron Age earthwork (SU 01 SW 48) now known to exist in this field. Copy of AP slide is in DCM, catalogue Np P23, 623. <4> See also SU 01 SW 128.

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1902.
  • <2>XY Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 110. [Mapped feature: #342911 ]
  • <3> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 21.
  • <4> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1986. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1985. 107. 154-5.
  • <5> Monograph: Bowen, H C. 1990. The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke. 127 pp. Area Plan 2.
  • <6> Monograph: Bowen, H C. 1991. The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke: Inventory. 27.
  • <7> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 213766.

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Grid reference SU 0013 1291 (point)
Map sheet SU01SW
Civil Parish Gussage All Saints; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 3 007 022
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SU 01 SW 9
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 213766
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Gussage All Saints 22

Record last edited

Oct 19 2022 3:31PM

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