Monument record MDO5554 - Bronze Age bowl barrow, one of the Drive Plantation Group, Gussage All Saints

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Summary

Bronze Age round barrow of a type known as a bowl barrow, now levelled by ploughing. Approximately 13m in diameter. Forms part of the Drive Plantation Group. Situated on the parish boundary between Gussage All Saints and Wimborne St Giles.

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A Bronze Age round barrow, now levelled by ploughing and visible on air photographs as a cropmark ring ditch. The barrow straddles the parish boundary between Gussage All Saints and Wimborne St Giles. It forms part of a cluster of round barrows, ring ditches and other features spread across neighbouring fields. It was formerly recorded as part of SU 01 SW 20.

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <1>XY Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 21. [Mapped feature: #342919 ]
  • <2> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1982. Dorset Barrows Supplement. 40.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. NMR 4509: 48-51, 55, 62, 65.
  • <4> Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. NMR 4443: 31-4.
  • <5> Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. NMR 15829/19-22.
  • <6> Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. NMR 15810/32-36.
  • <7> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1309297.

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Location

Grid reference SU 0132 1463 (point)
Map sheet SU01SW
Civil Parish Gussage All Saints; Dorset
Civil Parish Wimborne St Giles; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 3 007 030
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SU 01 SW 129
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1309297
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Drive Plantation Group
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Gussage All Saints 30

Record last edited

Nov 10 2022 11:39AM

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