Monument record MDO6228 - Parley Barrow, a barrow on Poor Common, West Parley
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Summary
A bowl barrow reported in 1975 as being around 104 feet in diameter with a mound about 10 feet high. The feature is visible on 1940s aerial photographs and current Lidar imagery and was digitally plotted from these by the Dorset Stour NMP project.
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
The feature is visible on 1940s aerial photographs and current Lidar imagery (2, 12).
The feature comprises a slightly irregular elliptical mound 34.6m by 30.4m, with a 2.7m wide outer ditch, possibly slightly truncated on its southeast side by later post medieval extraction (MDO41374). The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.
`A' - Diameter ? 25 paces; height ? 8ft. Ditched.
`B' - Listed under bowl barrows. (9)
`A': A bowl barrow, diameter 27.0m., height 2.5m. With a surrounding ditch 3.0m. Wide and 0.3m. Deep. A small old gravel pit has encroached upon the extremity of the ditch on the south-south-east.
`B': A bowl barrow, diameter 10.0m., height 0.4m. With no visible ditch. Both barrows are heather covered, and situated in the gardens of a private house. (3)
Parley Barrow is stil so-called locally but is islanded within an area of new housing. The mound is as described in 1955,but the ditch has been encroached upon and destroyed.
The bowl barrow published at SZ 07929863 on the OS 25" 1959 has been destroyed and is in a levelled building plot.
OS 1:2500 surveys revised. (6)
(SZ 07899868) Parley barrow (NR)
(SZ 07929864) Tumulus (NR) (5)
SZ 07909868. Parley Barrow. Bowl barrow, 104 feet in diameter and 9 1/2 feet high. Scheduled.
SZ 07939864. Bowl barrow, 40 feet in diameter and 2 feet high, now destroyed. (7-8)
Sources/Archives (13)
- <1> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1927-38.
- <2> SDO16095 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 20-MAR-45. RAF/106G/LA/187 RS 4043-4.
- <3> SDO11903 Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F1 NVQ 29-NOV-55.
- <4> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 113.
- <5> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1971.
- <6> SDO11903 Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F1 NVQ 15-AUG-73.
- <7> SDO129 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 76.
- <8> SDO17448 Scheduling record: DOE. 1978. Scheduled Monument Notification DOE (IAM) AMs Eng 2 1978. 71.
- <9> SWX1703 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1982. Dorset Barrows Supplement.
- <10> SDO17426 Scheduling record: DCMS. 1997. Scheduled Monument Notification 1997. 16/05/1997.
- <11> SDO131 Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Records. SZ 09 NE 48 A.
- <12> SDO15442 Aerial Photograph: XX-XXX-2015. Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m.
- <13> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 457824.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
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Location
| Grid reference | SZ 0790 9868 (point) (5 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SZ09NE |
| Civil Parish | West Parley; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 3 024 010
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SZ 09 NE 48 A
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 457824
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: West Parley 10
Record last edited
Nov 6 2023 2:02PM