Monument record MDO7141 - Hawke or Hawks Barrow, Bere Regis
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Summary
A bowl barrow on a spur. In 1970 this monument was recorded as being around 74 feet in diameter with a mound about 7 feet high. The centre of the mound is disturbed, suggesting that it has been the object of antiquarian investigation, and an urn in the Dorset County Museum is said to have come from this barrow. The barrow is visible as an earthwork mound on aerial photographs taken in 1945 and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM.
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Full Description
A grass-covered ditchless bowl barrow, 23.0m diameter and 1.6m high with a slight central excavation. A 'Celtic' type lynchet merges with the barrow on its south east side. A small Bronze Age sherd was found in a mole-hill a few metres south west of the barrow. <2>
SY 84349684 Ditched bowl barrow, 74ft diameter and 7ft high marked as "Hawks Barrow" on Isaac Taylor's map 1777. It lies on a flat-topped spur, just below a 'Celtic' field lynchet (see SY 89 NW 33) and has been disturbed in the centre. A collared urn, in Dorset County Museum, apparently came from this barrow. <4-5>
SY 84339685. Bowl barrow, diameter 23.0 metres north-west/south-east and 20.5 metres north-east/south-west, height from 2.4 to 4.0 metres maximum. Not ploughed; in good preservation. No visible evidence of a ditch. The name 'Hawks Barrow' is not in current use. Resurveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <7>
SY 845971. Round Barrows on Bere Down. Scheduled. (Includes this barrow - see illustration). <6>
SY 84349684. Bere Regis 8. Round barrow listed, information as Authy 5. <8>
Sources/Archives (10)
- <1> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1902.
- <2> SWX1169 Unpublished document: Swatridge, G C. Various. Field Investigators Comments GCS. F1 GCS 29-SEP-54.
- <3> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 88.
- <4> SDO64 Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1965. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1964. 86. 115.
- <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. 437.
- <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 SDO11900 Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various.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 13-MAY-81.
- <8> SWX1703 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1982. Dorset Barrows Supplement. 33.
- <9> SDO17434 Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East).
- <10> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 455970.
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 8434 9684 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY89NW |
| Civil Parish | Bere Regis; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 003 112
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 89 NW 41
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 455970
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Bere Regis 112
Record last edited
Jun 28 2023 7:48PM