Monument record MDO6016 - Bowl barrow, one of the Badbury Rings Group, Shapwick

A Bronze Age bowl barrow, one of a group of several near Badbury Rings; this one has been cut into by the side ditch of the Roman road from Old Sarum to Dorchester. In 1975 this monument was recorded as being an oval around 30 feet by 40 feet with a mound about one foot high. The barrow is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery and was digitially plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AI&M. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water.

(Centred ST 961030) Tumuli (NR) (three shown). (1) A group of round barrows W of Badbury Rings: 'A' ST 96040300. Bowl barrow, 60ft diameter and 3ft high immediately adjacent to the Romano-British settlement (ST 90 SE 39) (RCHM No 50, Grinsell's Shapwick No 11, Crawford's mound 'S'). 'B' ST 96060304. Possible barrow consisting of an oval-shaped mound 30ft by 40ft and 1 foot high damaged by modern tracks and cut by the side ditch of Roman Road (RR 4c) (RCHM no 51, Grinsell's Shapwick No 10, Crawford's mound 'T'). 'C' ST 96100311. Bowl barrow, 30ft diameter and 1 1/2ft high. (RCHM No 52, Grinsell's Shapwick No 9, Crawford's mound 'K'). 'D' ST 96200310. Bowl barrow, 40ft diameter and 3ft high immediately within the outer rampart of Badbury Rings. (RCHM No 55; Grinsells Shapwick No 15; Crawford's mound V) 'E' ST 96200294. Crawford's probable barrow 'W' partly covered by theramparts of Badbury Rings. (Not mentioned by RCHM or Grinsell). (2-4) Barrows 'A' to 'E' were field investigated in 1954. A faint unsurveyable ditch surrounding Barrow 'D' was visible in all quadrants except the W when it was overlain by the outer rampart of Badbury Rings. Barrow 'E' consisted of a semi-circular mound, 15.0m N-S and 9.0m E-W with a maximum height of 1.0m. The unusual shape was thought to be due to quarrying for material during construction of Badbury Rings. The evidence suggested that the mound was the remains of a Bronze Age bowl barrow. (5) Barrow `E' surveyed by RCHME in April 1993. As described by authority 5. Located on W side of middle rampart, some 30m S of southern entrance to barbican. E side has been cut by the outer lip of the rampart ditch. Some quarrying has taken place on the W side. (6) The barrow is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery (4-5) and was digitially plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AI&M. It comprises an oval mound (12m by 9m) with no sign of an external ring ditch.

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Dec 24 2023 8:27AM