Monument record MDO7110 - Bowl barrow, Bere Regis

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Summary

A bowl barrow reported in 1970 as being a mound around one and a half feet high and 33 feet in diameter.

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A bowl barrow, no details given. <2> This barrow has a diameter of 9.0m and a height of 0.5m and has no surrounding ditch. It is under the plough and there were no surface finds. A bowl barrow. <3> SY 8329 9493. Bowl barrow, 33ft diameter and 1 1/2ft high, slightly below summit of ridge, south of Shitterton Wood. <4> SY 8329 9493. almost ploughed out; diameter 12.0m height 0.2m. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <5>

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1902.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Grinsell, L V. 1935-54. Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Rigg, J. Field Investigators Comments JR. F1 JR 15-SEP-52.
  • <4> 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> Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F2 JGB 16-FEB-81.
  • <6> Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East).
  • <7> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 456216.

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Location

Grid reference SY 8329 9493 (point)
Map sheet SY89SW
Civil Parish Bere Regis; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 003 081
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 89 SW 12
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 456216
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Bere Regis 81

Record last edited

Mar 23 2023 3:16PM

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