Monument record MDO7778 - Henbury Barrow, Lytchett Matravers
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Summary
A Bronze Age bowl barrow on a flat-topped spur in woodland. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around 47 feet in diameter with a mound about seven feet high. The barrow is visible on current Environment Agency lidar imagery as a conical banked circular mound just under 15m in diameter. IT was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.
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Full Description
A bowl barrow. Diameter 16 paces. Height 7ft. Ditched covered with dense vegetation. For name see Fagersten. <2-3>
A bowl barrow with a mutilated ditch. The mound has a diameter of 14.0m., and a height of 2.0m., it is covered with trees and brambles. On the east, south-west and south quadrants the ditch is 5.0m. Wide and 0.3m. Deep; elsewhere there are only unsurveyable traces. <4>
SY 94899821. Henbury Barrow, bowl barrow 47ft. Diameter and 7ft. High situated on a flat-topped spur. Overgrown. <6>
SY 949980. Henbury Barrow, round barrow - scheduled. <7>
SY 94899821. Henbury Barrow (name in local usage) a bowl barrow as described. Faint traces of a ditch (not surveyable). Resurveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. <8>
A Bronze Age bowl barrow on a flat-topped spur in woodland. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around 47 feet in diameter with a mound about seven feet high.
The barrow is visible on current Environment Agency lidar imagery as a conical banked circular mound just under 15m in diameter [3]. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.
Sources/Archives (11)
- <1> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1929.
- <2> SDO17521 Monograph: Fagersten, A. 1933. Place-names of Dorset. 114-5.
- <3> SWX1556 Unpublished document: Grinsell, L V. 1935-54. Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript.
- <4> SDO11903 Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F1 NVQ 24-NOV-55.
- <5> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1963.
- <6> 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. 446.
- <7> SWX1687 Monograph: Department of the Environment. 1978. Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England (Vol 2). Vol 2. 66.
- <8> SDO11900 Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F2 JGB 19-FEB-81.
- <9> SDO17434 Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East).
- <10> SDO18034 Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.
- <11> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 457274.
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 9489 9821 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY99NW |
| Civil Parish | Lytchett Matravers; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 014 037
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 99 NW 17
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 457274
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Lytchett Matravers 37
Record last edited
Oct 17 2023 2:46PM
