Monument record MDO7910 - Fishing Barrow, bell barrow in the Thorney Barrow Group, Studland
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Summary
Bell barrow 99 feet diameter (including berm), 9 feet high with ditch 12 feet wide and 1½ feet deep. Berm largely obscured by slip from mound which is flattened on top by golf tee. The modified barrow is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs and lidar imagery.
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Full Description
A very large barrow, with well marked ditch, probably a bell barrow with narrow berm almost overspread. <2>
Inside ditch to inside ditch this barrow has a diameter of 32.0m. The completely encircling ditch has been an average width of 3.5m. And an average depth of 0.7m. The height from the top of the mound to the bottom of the ditch is 3.2.m. on the south quadrant. It is heavily overgrown with gorse and heather except for the top
which is flat and serves as a golfing tee. It is surmounted by a flagstaff. Slight variation in the height of gorse indicates berm. Bell Barrow. <3>
SZ 01818211. Fishing Barrow, bell (?) barrow with diameter including berm, 99ft and 9ft high. The ditch is 12ft wide and 1 1/2ft deep. Berm largely obscured by slip from round, which is flattened on tip by a golf tee. <4>
A Bronze Age round barrow is visible as an earthwork on lidar imagery <6-7> on Godlingston Heath. The barrow measures approximately 29 m in diameter and has a ditch running around the northern, eastern and southern sides. The mound is flattened on the top. This feature was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.
Sources/Archives (10)
- <1> SWX2257 Map: Ordnance Survey. Various. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. Prov. Ed. 6 inch. 1926-38.
- <2> SWX2609 Unpublished document: Colquhoun, F D. Field Investigators Comments FDC. F1 FDC 25-OCT-51.
- <2.1> SWX2678 Unpublished document: Grinsell, L V. Dorset Barrows (Unpublished MSs).
- <3> SWX1255 Unpublished document: Rigg, J. Field Investigators Comments JR. F2 JR 01-SEP-52.
- <4> 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. 453.
- <5> SDO147 Index: Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology. 1983. Isle of Purbeck Survey. Form AM107. IOP 107.
- <6> SDO13473 Aerial Photograph: English Heritage. 18-NOV-2005. NMR SZ 0182/07-11 NMR 24137/32-6.
- <7> SDO13148 Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 2010. Lidar DTM.
- <8> SDO17434 Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East).
- <9> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 457583.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SZ 0180 8211 (42m by 40m) (4 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SZ08SW |
| Civil Parish | Studland; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 019 038
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SZ 08 SW 15
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 457583
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Studland 38
Record last edited
Apr 17 2023 3:39PM