Monument record MDO6777 - Bowl barrow, Barrow Hill Group, Poole
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Summary
Ditched bowl barrow, 6m diameter 0.7m high, one of a group of six barrows on Barrow Hill. It may be one of the barrows excavated by J H Austen in 1847, which contained an unaccompanied cremation beneath a layer of flints. The feature is visible as a slightly irregular mound on 1940s aerial photographs and current Lidar imagery. It was digitally plotted from these sources by the Dorset Stour NMP project.
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Type and Period (2)
Full Description
One of a group of round barrows on Barrow Hill. Barrow 'A' - SY 99589745. Bowl barrow, 6 paces diameter and 1 1/2 feet high. Two of the three barrows 'A', Barrow 'B' (HOB uid 1457306 - SY 99 NE 57) and Barrow 'C' (HOB uid 1457307 -SY 99 NE 58) were opened in 1847 by J H Austen; both contained a (primary?) cremation; at least one interment being east of centre. <2>
Barrow 'A' - Bowl barrow, 7 metres in diameter and 0.7 metre high with unsurveyable traces of a ditch. Heather covered with a slight depression in the top. <3>
Barrow 'A' - (396) SY 99589745. Ditched bowl barrow, 20 feet in diameter and 2 1/2 feet high. Excavation information is the same as Authy 2. <5>
Barrow 'A'. SY 99589745. Bowl barrow, diameter 6 metres, height 0.7 metres, with faint but unsurveyable traces of a ditch. The barrow is on open heathland and covered with gorse. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <6>
Poole 1. SY 995589745 - A bowl barrow 6 paces in diameter and 1 1/2 feet high. <4>
A bowl barrow on Barrow Hill, part of a barrow cemetery of four bell barrows and two bowl barrows situated 150 metres to the southwest of Brookvale Farm. The barrow is one of four barrows aligned southwest-northeast, and survives as an earthwork with a diameter of 6 metres and height of 0.5 metres. (7)
The feature is visible on 1940's aerial photographs and current Lidar imagery where it comprises a slightly irregular mound approximately 7.45m in diameter <7> <8>. There is a suggestion on current Lidar imagery of indistinct depressions surrounding the mound that may be remnants of an outer ditch but these have no real form. The mound was digitally plotted from current Lidar imagery by the Dorset Stour NMP project.
Sources/Archives (11)
- <1> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1902.
- <2> SWX1556 Unpublished document: Grinsell, L V. 1935-54. Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript.
- <3> SDO11903 Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F1 NVQ 17-NOV-1955.
- <4> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 125.
- <5> 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. 449.
- <6> SDO11900 Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F2 JGB 24-NOV-1980.
- <7> SDO16170 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 12-DEC-46. RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RP 3198-9.
- <8> SDO16012 Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. xxx-xxx-2015. Geomatics Lidar DSM 50cm.
- <9> SDO17468 Scheduling record: Historic England. Scheduled Monument Notification. 24-Jul-98.
- <10> SDO17434 Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East).
- <11> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 457153.
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 9957 9745 (point) (3 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY99NE |
| Unitary Authority | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 5 000 396
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 99 NE 12
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 457153
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Poole 396
Record last edited
Jan 5 2022 4:46PM
