Monument record MDO7129 - Bowl barrow, Bere Regis
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Summary
A bowl barrow recorded in 1970 as being around 66 feet in diameter with a mound about 3 feet high. Thought by Ordnance Survey field workers as being the remains of a Lynchet.
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Type and Period (3)
Full Description
SY 82879734. A bowl barrow, on the south edge of a field boundary, 22 paces in diameter, 3ft high. (1)
SY 82899733. This is a lynchet platform standing upon the junction of three lynchets. See AP CPE/UK/1974/3351. It has a diameter of 25.0 metres east-west and 1.1 metres high taken to the east. It has no height to the north. (2)
SY 82879734. Bowl barrow, 66ft. diameter and 3ft high, situated on opposite slope of valley and 160 yds north-west of long barrow (SW 89 NW 28). (3)
The only feature visible at this reference is the rounded, well-spread end of a lynchet. Confirmation appears on the air photograph which shows the angular junction of three lynchets as a soil mark with no ditch or barrow characteristics.
The same air photographs show a possible ring ditch, about 20 metres in diameter, represented by a soil mark at SY 82869739; there are indications that it is situated in the southern corner of an enclosure. This is simply a ditchmark forming a square of about 50 metres each side, with rounded corners. There are no visible remains on the ground. (4)
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SWX1556 Unpublished document: Grinsell, L V. 1935-54. Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript.
- <2> SWX1169 Unpublished document: Swatridge, G C. Various. Field Investigators Comments GCS. F1 GCS 12-NOV-54.
- <3> 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. 437.
- <4> SDO11900 Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F2 JGB 15-MAY-81.
- <4.1> SDO19664 Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 18-APR-1980. OS/80021 V 161-2.
- <5> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 455927.
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 8287 9734 (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: 6 003 100
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 89 NW 32
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 455927
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Bere Regis 100
Record last edited
Mar 20 2023 11:28AM
