Monument record MDO7583 - Bowl barrow in Polar Wood at Encombe, Corfe Castle

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Summary

Ordnance Survey field investigations in 1986 located a possible bowl barrow within the grounds of Encombe House. It comprised a ditchless mound 13 metres in diameter and 0.8 metres high.

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SY 94047895. A ditchless mound, most probably a bowl barrow, is situated in a beech wood at the summit of a narrow E-W ridge. The barrow is 13m in diameter and 0.8m high. Two or three mature beech trees grow upon it otherwise the mound appears undisturbed under a covering of grass and wild garlic. Surveyed at 1:1000, reduced to 1:2500 for OS. <1>

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  • <1> Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F1 NVQ 01-MAY-86.
  • <2> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 456620.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9404 7895 (point)
Map sheet SY97NW
Civil Parish Corfe Castle; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 008 325
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 97 NW 45
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 456620

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Oct 11 2023 3:41PM

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