Monument record MDO7271 - Bowl barrow, Chaldon Herring
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Summary
A Bronze Age bowl barrow is visible as an earthwork on lidar imagery to the east of the Five Marys barrow group, Chaldon Herring.
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Full Description
A round (bowl?) barrow, represented as a slight irregular mound about 1ft high, is situated on the crest of a ridge 190 yards east of Five Mary's. Grinsell states that a pit to the west of the barrow is marked in error on some OS Maps (i.e. 1" 5th ed.) as a barrow. <1> <3>
SY 79278419. Barrow in arable ploughed down. Diameter 10.0m., height 0.6m. No visible ditch.
Rep-surveyed at 1.2500 on MSD. <4>
A Bronze Age bowl barrow is visible as an earthwork on lidar imagery <5> to the east of the Five Marys barrow group, Chaldon Herring. The barrow is sub-circular and measures 10 m in diameter. This feature was digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 98.
- <2> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1963.
- <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. 441.
- <4> SDO11900 Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F1 JGB 17-JUL-80.
- <5> SDO13147 Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 2010. Lidar DSM.
- <6> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 454234.
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 7928 8420 (point) (3 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY78SE |
| Civil Parish | Chaldon Herring; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 005 057
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 78 SE 33
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 454234
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Chaldon Herring 57
Record last edited
Jul 7 2023 2:13PM
