Monument record MDO8077 - Bowl barrow at Earls Kitchen, Tyneham
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Summary
A Bronze Age bowl barrow visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946. The barrow is much denuded by military activity but still identifiable as a very low mound on recent Google Earth imagery.
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Full Description
A bowl barrow which has been badly mutilated in the NE quadrant in which sector the otherwise surrounding ditch has been obliterated. The barrow has a diameter of 19.0m. and a height of 1.8m. The ditch is 3.0m. wide and 0.4m. deep. Mutilated by shell-fire. There were no surface finds. <2>
SY 87608281. Ditched bowl barrow, 56ft. diameter and 5 1/2ft. high on summit of slight rise. <3>
SY 872828-875822. Two round barrows on Earl's Kitchen. Scheduled. <4>
This barrow has been destoyed by the military, to whom it must have been obvious since the constructed concrete pad and firing point is advertized as "Earl's Kitchen Tumulus". Token reparation has been effected by the transference of the "antiquity star" to a newly made mound at about SY 87508300, some 200m. N. of the destroyed barrow, but this could never be mistaken for a proper barrow. <5>
Site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 <8-9>. The barrow is much denuded by military activity but still identifiable as a very low mound on recent Google Earth imagery <10>. The site was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.
Sources/Archives (11)
- <1> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1902.
- <2> SWX1255 Unpublished document: Rigg, J. Field Investigators Comments JR. F1 JR 24-JUL-52.
- <3> 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. 454.
- <4> SWX1687 Monograph: Department of the Environment. 1978. Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England (Vol 2). Vol 2. 70.
- <5> SDO11900 Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F2 JGB 29-JUL-81.
- <6> SDO147 Index: Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology. 1983. Isle of Purbeck Survey. Form AM107. IOP 160.
- <7> SDO17434 Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East).
- <8> SDO13694 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4424-5.
- <9> SDO13696 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4422-3.
- <10> SDO12705 Aerial Photograph: XX-XXX-2009. Google Earth.
- <11> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 455418.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SY 8759 8280 (23m by 24m) (4 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY88SE |
| Civil Parish | Steeple with Tyneham; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 022 025
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 88 SE 14
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 455418
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Tyneham 25
Record last edited
Oct 21 2023 7:09AM