Monument record MDO8079 - Bowl barrow west of Rookery Cottages, Tyneham

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Summary

A Bronze Age bowl barrow. In 1970 this monument was reported as around 37 feet in diameter with a mound about 5 feet high.

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'C'- A badly mutilated bowl barrow, 12.0m. diameter and 1.4m. high with short ditch 3.0m. wide and 0.2m. deep on the west side. <2> 'C' - (27) SY 88448311. Bowl (?) barrow, about 33ft diameter and 1 1/2ft high. <3-4> SY 886827. Two round barrows west of Rookery Cottages. Scheduled. <5> 'C'. SY 88438310. Inaccessible because of dense gorse bushes. 'A' and 'B' resurveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. 'C' revised from above measurements (2 and 3) at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <6>

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1902.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Rigg, J. Field Investigators Comments JR. F1 JR 24-JUL-52.
  • <3> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 138.
  • <4> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 2. 454.
  • <5> Monograph: Department of the Environment. 1977. Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England Vol 2. 2. 71.
  • <6> Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F2 JGB 29-JUL-81.
  • <7> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 2422.
  • <8> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 455428.

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Grid reference SY 8844 8311 (point)
Map sheet SY88SE
Civil Parish Steeple with Tyneham; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 022 027
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 88 SE 16 C
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 455428
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Tyneham 27

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Feb 28 2024 7:10AM

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