Monument record MDO6760 - Bowl Barrow, Canford Heath, Poole
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Summary
Bowl barrow, 15 m in diameter and 1.6 m high, with slight traces of a surrounding quarry ditch visible, on Canford Heath. The barrow is visible as a low mound on 1940s aerial photographs and was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.
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Full Description
The barrow is visible as a low mound on 1940s aerial photographs. The mound is around 16m in diameter and there is no evident sign of a surrounding ditch; the barrow lies within an area of shallow extraction (MDO41156) which extends right up to its west, south and east sides. The barrow was digitally plotted from a 1946 aerial photograph by the Dorset Stour NMP project. <3>
(a) (SZ 03449615) Diameter 47ft. Height 4.5ft. Ditch slight but well defined, unopened.
(b) (SZ 03439613) Diameter 45ft. Height 2ft. No ditch, depressed flat top. <2>
A heather covered bowl barrow, diameter 15.0m, height 1.6m, with unsurveyable traces of a ditch. Shallow surface diggings - apparently old ones - extend almost up to the edge of the mound on the south-west and south-east sides. <4>
Bowl barrows. <5>
RCHM <6> state that barrow 'A' to the north-east is destroyed and barrow 'B' is extant, the reverse of that stated by <4>. The surviving barrow is 43 feet in diameter and 5 feet high, hollowed on top, now damaged and isolated in a gravel pit.
Sources/Archives (9)
- --- SDO17434 Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East).
- <1> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1938.
- <2> SWX3467 Article in serial: Wallace, W G. 1919-1923. Proceedings of the Bournemouth Natural Science Society 6 and private notes.
- <3> SDO16048 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 12-DEC-46. RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RP 3256-7.
- <4> SDO11903 Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F1 NVQ 14-NOV-1955.
- <5> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows.
- <6> SDO150 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.
- <7> SDO17396 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map. 1:10000. 1974.
- <9> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 457997.
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Location
| Grid reference | SZ 0345 9615 (point) (3 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SZ09NW |
| Unitary Authority | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 5 000 379
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SZ 09 NW 30
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 457997
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Poole 379
Record last edited
Dec 7 2021 6:53PM