Monument record MDO7997 - Round Barrow in the Ballard Down Group, Ballard Down, Swanage

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Summary

Bronze Age round barrow, one of a group on Ballard Down, disturbed and reduced by ploughing. This barrow lies on the Swanage/Studland parish boundary and has a boundary stone on top.

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SZ 03028127. Generally as described by Author 2 but N half now ploughed out. The S half lies on National Trust land and seems no longer at risk. Surveyed at 1:1000 and 1:2500 scales. <1> SZ 03038127 Bowl (?)barrow, 24ft diameter and 2ft high with boundary stone on the top. <3> Bowl Barrow, 9 paces diameter and 1 1/2ft high situated on Swanage/Studland parish boundary. Visited by L V Grinsell. <4>

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Wardale, C F. Various. Field Investigators Comments CFW. F3 CFW 16-AUG-55.
  • <2> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 132.
  • <3> 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.
  • <4> Index: Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology. 1983. Isle of Purbeck Survey. Form AM107. IOP 304.
  • <5> Unpublished document: Papworth, M. 1992. Whitecliff Farm, Purbeck, Dorset, Wessex Region. 11.
  • <6> Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East).
  • <7> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 457624.

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Location

Grid reference SZ 03019 81276 (point)
Map sheet SZ08SW
Civil Parish Swanage; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 020 088
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SZ 08 SW 24
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 457624

Record last edited

Apr 14 2023 6:41PM

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