Monument record MDO6644 - Bowl barrow on Bayard Hill, one of the East Hill Group, Weymouth

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Summary

Bowl barrow in arable but not ploughed over. Diameter 18.0m., height 3.2m. No visible ditch. Visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

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Full Description

Two barrows on Bayard Hill, a locally prominent rise. 'A'. Bowl (SY 68 NE : 66418535). Diam. 60 ft., ht 8 ft. Top flattened and base damaged by ploughing. <2-3> A: SY 66418535. Bowl barrow in arable but not ploughed over. Diameter 18.0m., height 3.2m. No visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <4> Bowl barrow in arable but not ploughed over. Diameter 18.0m., height 3.2m. No visible ditch. Visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs <6>. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

Sources/Archives (9)

  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1963.
  • <2> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 141.
  • <3> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 457.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F1 JGB 21-APR-80.
  • <5> Index: Papworth, M. 1983. The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey. SDR 409.
  • <6> Aerial Photograph: 07-AUG-1995. NMR SY6686/7.
  • <7> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010.
  • <8> Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East).
  • <9> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 452039.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 6640 8534 (27m by 24m) (3 map features)
Map sheet SY68NE
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 4 002 432
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: 452039
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NE 58
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Weymouth 432

Record last edited

Jun 24 2022 2:19PM

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