Monument record MDO7096 - Bronze Age round barrow, South Heath, Bere Regis
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Summary
A Bronze Age round barrow is visble as an earthwork on aerial photographs and Lidar imagery. It is one of two round barrows identified at this location on South Heath, Bere Regis (MDO7096-97).
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
(A & B). Two large bowl barrows. No other details given. <2>
'A'. A mound 13.5 metres in diameter and 1.8 metres high. There is no sign of a berm, but a surrounding ditch is 1.2 metres wide and 0.2 metres deep. This bowl barrow has been cut through from north-south by tanks, leaving a track 4.0 metres wide and 0.4 metres deep across the mound, and destroying the ditch at the north and south quadrants. No surface finds were made in the vicinity of these barrows. <3>
'A' - (67) - SY 86168926. Bowl barrow, 55ft. Diameter and 7ft. High situated on South Heath. Damaged by tanks. <4>
SY 862894. Two round barrows on South Heath. Scheduled. <5>
'A': SY 86168925. Bowl barrow, overall diameter 21.0 metres, with a ditch 2.5 metres wide completely encircling it. Height 2.0 metres. Ditch 0.2 metres deep. Both barrows are on heathland have minor mutilations. Resurveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <6>
A Bronze Age round barrow, approximately 11.3m in diameter, is visble as an earthwork on aerial photographs <7-8> and Lidar imagery <9>. It is one of two round barrows identified at this location on South Heath, Bere Regis (MDO7096-97). This feature was plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.
Sources/Archives (13)
- <1> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1930.
- <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 SWX1556 Unpublished document: Grinsell, L V. 1935-54.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 SDO11903 Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various.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 18-SEP-52.
- <4> 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. 436.
- <5> SWX2300 Monograph: Department of the Environment. 1977. Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England Vol 2. 2. 60.
- <6> SDO11900 Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F2 JGB 07-MAY-81.
- <7> SDO13184 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 5060-61.
- <8> SDO13185 Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 25-APR-1968. NMR OS/68078 051-52.
- <9> SDO13147 Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 2010. Lidar DSM.
- <10> SDO17434 Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East).
- <11> SDO14738 Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. F52/71/4.
- <12> SDO14738 Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. OS52/F71/4.
- <13> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 455103.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SY 8616 8925 (13m by 17m) (3 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY88NE |
| Civil Parish | Bere Regis; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 003 067
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 88 NE 1a
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 455103
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Bere Regis 67
Record last edited
Oct 17 2023 4:12PM
