Monument record MDO7118 - Bowl barrow in Barrow Field, Bere Regis

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Summary

A bowl barrow reported in 1970 as having been destroyed. The mound of the barrow was said to have been about three feet high and around 72 feet in diameter. An estate map of 1777 shows this monument in 'Barrow Field'.

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A bowl barrow on arable land. (No dimensions given). (2) A grass covered bowl barrow, 23.0 metres diameter, 0.8 metres high, slightly spread on the downhill side. No trace of a ditch or excavation. (3) SY 82539623. Bowl barrow, now destroyed, but formerly 72ft diameter and, 3ft high on lower north slope of ridge. (4) This barrow has been destroyed. (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 Unpublished document: Grinsell, L V. 1935-54.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 Unpublished document: Swatridge, G C. Various. Field Investigators Comments GCS. F1 GCS 12-NOV-54.
  • <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 Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various.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 15-MAY-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 Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments.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. 455950.

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Location

Grid reference SY 8253 9623 (point)
Map sheet SY89NW
Civil Parish Bere Regis; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 003 089
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 89 NW 37
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 455950
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Bere Regis 89

Record last edited

Mar 20 2023 12:54PM

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