Monument record MDO5705 - Bowl barrow north of Belle Vue Plantation, Hampreston
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Summary
A bowl barrow around 15 metres in diameter and half a metre high, surrounded by ditch about 0.8 metres wide. Part of the barrow was excvated in 1997, and this showed that the mound had been built by covering turves with soil from the ditch. An irregular flattened mound is visible at this approximate location on current Lidar imagery and this may be the associated with the barrow recorded here. It was digitally plotted from this source by the Dorset Stour NMP project.
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
(SZ 07429885) A bowl barrow, 19 paces in diameter and 3ft. high, "Found by Lt. Col. Drew who showed it to me in 1934. Site only approximate" <1>
SZ 07209891. A bowl barrow with no visible ditch. The mound, flat topped and irregularly spread, is 0.7m. high and 14.0m. in diameter. It is heather covered.
No trace of a barrow was seen in the immediate vicinity of the reference given in authority 1. <2>
Bowl barrow at Holmwood. Similar information to (1), but grid reference given as SZ 07359880 approx. <3>
This barrow cannot now be distinguished. The site is in an arable field and the vague rise discernible seems more a sand cap than a barrow. <4>
Not located. <5>
SZ 072990. Round barrow north of Belle Vue Plantation - scheduled. <6>
An irregular flattened mound is visible at this approximate location on current Lidar imagery <8>.
The feature comprises a very low flattened mound approximately 20m by 18m, with a smaller elliptical mound on the northeast side of this, approximately 11.6m by 7.7m. The feature is contained within a circular enclosure on the north side of Casterbridge Road; Google Earth Street View shows the area to be slightly raised ground, concurrent with the Lidar imagery <8 and 9>. This feature may be the barrow recorded here, although the location of the barrow is currently recorded as being 20m further to the SW, placing it under the current Casterbridge Road. The feature was digitally plotted from current Lidar imagery by the Dorset Stour NMP project.
Sources/Archives (10)
- <1> SWX1556 Unpublished document: Grinsell, L V. 1935-54. Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript.
- <2> SDO11903 Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F1 NVQ 26-NOV-51.
- <3> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows.
- <4> SDO11903 Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F2 NVQ 16-AUG-73.
- <5> SDO129 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 29.
- <6> SWX1687 Monograph: Department of the Environment. 1978. Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England (Vol 2). Vol 2.
- <7> SDO14224 Unpublished document: Cox, P W and Chandler, J. 1994. A proposed Development at Poor Common, West Parley, Dorset: Archaeological Assessment.
- <8> SDO15442 Aerial Photograph: XX-XXX-2015. Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m.
- <9> SDO15388 Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. 2017. Google Earth 2017.
- <10> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 457798.
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Location
| Grid reference | SZ 0720 9891 (point) (4 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: 3 009 059
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SZ 09 NE 40
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 457798
Record last edited
Nov 6 2023 2:13PM
