Monument record MDO5689 - Belle Vue Barrow, Hampreston, Ferndown Town
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Summary
A bell barrow reported as having a mound about 65 feet in diameter and five feet high, surrounded with a berm (flat area) 12 feet wide and encircled by a ditch about 10 feet wide. The barrow is visible on current Lidar imagery and was digitally plotted from this source by the Dorset Stour NMP project.
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Belle Vue Barrow. A bell barrow, smothered in rhododendrons (1934) and measurements impossible. The mound is large (probably 20-25 paces in diameter) and the berm is fairly wide and definite. The ditch also is in good condition. <2> <3>
These barrows are so thickly covered with rhododendrons that measurements are still impossible, and those given are only very approximate:-
'A'. A bell barrow; the berm is difficult to see because of the bushes, but the mound is about 30.0m. in diameter and 1.7m. high. The ditch appears to be 2.5m. wide and 0.3m. deep. <4>
Belle Vue Barrow is still so called locally. A bell barrow, densely overgrown, consisting of a central mound 22.0m. in diameter and 0.5m. high and a berm 4.0m. wide and 1.0m. above the traceable but unsurveyable surrounding ditch. The overall diameter of the barrow (excluding ditch) is 35.0m.
The small bowl, 10.0m. in diameter and approximately 0.8m. high at SZ 07209853 is similarly overgrown with rhododendrons. OS 1:2500 (1959) surveys revised. <5>
SZ 07239856. Belle Vue Barrow - a bell barrow, thickly overgrown. The mound is about 65 feet in diameter and five feet high, with a berm 12 feet wide surrounded by a ditch 10 feet wide and 1 1/2 feet deep. <7-8>
The barrow is visible on current Lidar imagery <10>.
The feature is poorly defined but appears to comprise a mound 28m in diameter, with a possible flattened 'berm' around the south and west sides of this, up to 3m wide. Faint traces of an outer ditch are visible, except on the north side of the feature. The ditch appears to range between 1m and 2.5m in width, although the definition of this is quite poor.
The feature was digitally plotted fromcurrent Lidar imagery by the Dorset Stour NMP project.
Sources/Archives (11)
- <1> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1927-38.
- <2> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows.
- <3> SWX1556 Unpublished document: Grinsell, L V. 1935-54. Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript.
- <4> SDO11903 Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. 26/11/1955.
- <5> SDO11903 Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. 14/08/1973.
- <6> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1971.
- <7> SDO129 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 30.
- <8> SWX2557 Monograph: 1978. List of ancient monuments in England: Volume 1, Northern England; Volume 2, Southern England; Volume 3, East Anglia and the Midlands Vol 2. Vol 2. 64.
- <9> SDO17426 Scheduling record: DCMS. 1997. Scheduled Monument Notification 1997. 06/08/1997.
- <10> SDO15442 Aerial Photograph: XX-XXX-2015. Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m.
- <11> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 457801.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SZ 0722 9855 (45m by 43m) (5 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SZ09NE |
| Civil Parish | Ferndown Town; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 3 009 043
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SZ 09 NE 41
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 4579801
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Hampreston 43
Record last edited
Mar 20 2023 2:51PM