Monument record MDO6759 - Bowl Barrow, Canford Heath, Poole

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Summary

Site of Bronze Age round barrow destroyed by gravel quarrying.

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Barrow now destroyed by gravel extraction. (SZ 03439613; SZ 03449615) Tumuli (NR) (1) Bowl barrows. (2) (b) (SZ 03439613) Diameter 45ft. Height 2ft. No ditch, depressed flat top. (3) B: This barrow has been destroyed, probably by the surface diggings 0.3m. - 0.5m. deep, which now cover its site. (4) (SZ 03439613) Tumulus (NR) (Site of) (NAT) RCHM (6) state that barrow 'A' to the north-east is destroyed and barrow 'B' is extant, the reverse of that stated by auth.4. The surviving barrow is 43 feet in diameter and 5 feet high, hollowed on top, now damaged and isolated in a gravel pit. Scheduled (one of a group of barrows). (7). (6-7)

Sources/Archives (5)

  • --- Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows.
  • --- Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 457997.
  • --- Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East).
  • --- Article in serial: Wallace, W G. 1919-1923. Proceedings of the Bournemouth Natural Science Society 6 and private notes.
  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 448.

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Location

Grid reference SZ 0343 9614 (point)
Map sheet SZ09NW
Unitary Authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Protected Status/Designation

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 5 000 378
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SZ 09 NW 30
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 457997
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Poole 378

Record last edited

Dec 7 2021 6:55PM

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