Monument record MDO772 - Bowl barrow, one of the Bushy Eweleaze Group, Charminster
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Summary
A Bronze Age bowl barrow. In 1970 the monument was recorded as being some 60 feet in diameter and 2 feet high.
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Grinsell recorded this barrow as 20 paces in diameter and 2 feet high, and noted that it was a cairn and on arable in 1953. <1>
(`A' - SY 67609611; `B' - (SY 67669609) Tumuli (NR)
`A' - SY 67609611. Cairn, 20 paces diameter and 2ft high situated on Bushy Eweleaze.
`B' - SY 67669609. Cairn, 8 paces diameter and 9ins high. (Both cairns are listed under bowl barrows).
`C' - SY 67789610. Probable barrow, irregular in plan with no measurable diameter but 2.5ft high. Covered with furze. (2)
`A' - (34) - SY 67599611. Bowl barrow, 60 ft diameter and 2 ft high in arable land.
`B' - (35) - SY 67669609. Bowl barrow, about 20ft diameter and 2.5ft high before ploughing.
`C' - (36) - SY 67789610. Barrow? 140 yds east of `B' on a gentle east slope; irregular in shape and apparently disturbed in centre. Thickly overgrown when visited. No diameter measurable but height about 2.5ft. (3)
`A' - SY 67599611; ploughed down bowl barrow 18.2m in diameter and 0.3m high.
`B' and `C'; ploughed out.
Revised at 1:2500 on MSD. (4)
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 452965.
- --- SDO14743 Unpublished document: Attrill, N J. Field Investigators Comments NJA. F1 NJA 09-JAN-81.
- --- SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1930.
- <1> SDO146 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1. 73.
- <2> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 99.
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 6759 9611 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY69NE |
| Civil Parish | Charminster; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 028 034
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 69 NE 35 A
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 452965
Record last edited
Jul 28 2023 1:27PM
