Monument record MDO6998 - Bell Barrow on Affpuddle Heath, Affpuddle
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Summary
Bell Barrow diameter, including berm, 52 feet, height 5½ feet, ditch 8 feet wide and 1 foot deep, much damaged. The barrow is visible as an earthwork on lidar imagery on Affpuddle Heath.
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
a). Small with a well-defined berm. A bell-barrow. b). A fine bowl barrow, large and ditched. <2>
'a' has a diameter fo 17.5m and a height of 1.8m it has a surrounding ditch with an average width of 2.0m and an average depth of 0.4m. The mound has been mutilated in the south east by a military slit trench. The ditch has been mutilated in the North, West and South West by slit trenches while mound and ditch have been mutilated by continued passage of vehicle. in a SE-NW direction the barrow is heather covered. The barrow averages 0.5m wide and is sloping. A bell barrow.
'b' has a diameter of 17.5m and a height of 1.9m and has a ditch in the Western half only. Average width of the ditch is 2.5m and its average depth 0.3m. The barrow has been mutilated by the passage over it of vehicles in a south East North West direction. Heather covered bowl barrow. There were no surface finds in the vicinity of either of these barrows. <3>
A small example with well defined berm, west of Culpepper's Dish. <4>
'A' - (55) (SY 80539236) Bell (?) barrow, 52ft diameter including berm and 51/2ft high with ditch 8ft wide and 1ft deep. Much damaged. <5>
SY 801923 - SY 815924. Round barrows on Affpuddle and Bryants Puddle Heath. <6>
'A' SY 80549235. Bell barrow with ditch, overall diameter 22.0m., ditch 2.0m. Wide and 0.3m. Deep, height 2.0m. Above ditch. The berm and ditch are not visible on the south-west quadrant, where the barrow has been damaged by forestry operations. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on. <7>
The barrow is visible as an earthwork on lidar imagery on Affpuddle Heath. The barrow is sub-circular in shape and measures 18 m in diameter. <9> A second barrow is located 145 m to the south east (see MDO6999) and may be associated with it. This feature was digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.
Sources/Archives (10)
- <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 SWX1556 Unpublished document: Grinsell, L V. 1935-54.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> SWX1255 Unpublished document: Rigg, J. Field Investigators Comments JR. F1 JR 24-SEP-52.
- <4> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 85.
- <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. 434.
- <6> SWX1687 Monograph: Department of the Environment. 1978. Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England (Vol 2). Vol 2.
- <7> SDO11900 Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F2 JGB 06-FEB-81.
- <8> SDO17434 Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East).
- <9> SDO13148 Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 2010. Lidar DTM.
- <10> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 456193.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SY 8053 9235 (29m by 30m) (3 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY89SW |
| Civil Parish | Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 001 055
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: 456193
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 89 SW 7
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Affpuddle 55
Record last edited
Mar 24 2023 2:08PM