Monument record MDO6330 - Bowl barrow, one of the Salisbury Plantation Group, Wimborne St Giles
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Summary
A round barrow of a type known as a bowl barrow. One of a dispersed group of bowl barrows within and at the southern end of Salisbury Plantation. In 1975 this monument was reported as being about eighteen metres in diameter and almost a half metre high. The monument is in woodland. The site of the barrow is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.
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Full Description
A bowl barrow, one of a dispersed group of 9 bowl barrows within and at the southern end of Salisbury Plantation. It was described by RCHME as a mound 60 feet in diameter and 1.5 feet high. This barrow was originally described as part of SU 01 NW 57. <2-3>
A round barrow of a type known as a bowl barrow. In 1975 this monument was reported as being about eighteen metres in diameter and just over one metre high. The monument is in woodland. The site of the barrow is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery <1, 4, 5> and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP <5>. The barrow is 18-20m across with an outer ditch.
[Note: See MDO6327 for note regarding an unidentified Barrow E which may, or may not, relate to this barrow.]
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SDO15595 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 12-DEC-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RP 3088-9.
- <2>XY SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 146. [Mapped feature: #343575 ]
- <3> SDO129 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 102.
- <4> SDO15596 Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 18-NOV-2005. NMR 24135/30-34 (SU0607/1-5).
- <5> SDO15442 Aerial Photograph: XX-XXX-2015. Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m.
- <6> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1314564.
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Location
| Grid reference | SU 0281 1630 (point) (5 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SU01NW |
| Civil Parish | Wimborne St Giles; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
- Scheduled Monument
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 3 026 082
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SU 01 NW 226
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SU 01 NW 57E
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1314564
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Salisbury Plantation Group
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Wimborne St Giles 82
Record last edited
Oct 28 2022 10:38AM