Monument record MDO8118 - Ditched bowl barrow, Worgret Heath Group

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Summary

Ditched bowl barrow, forming part of the Worgret Heath group. A circular mound surrounded by an outer ditch is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs and Lidar imagery of Worgret Heath, Wareham Town. It is considered likely to be the remains of the round barrow described above. It is one of two barrows lying adjacent to one another (see also MWX3889).

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BOWL BARROW (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 701 BC)

Full Description

'B' Dimensions: Diam. 22 yards. Height 5'6". Shallow narrow ditch. Undisturbed. <2> Three barrows lettered A, B, & C. 'B' Diameter 21.0 metres; height 1.9 metres. No visible berm, but a slight depression exists in the top of the mound. A surrounding ditch is 1.4 metres wide and 0.3 metres deep, and has a small slit trench dug into it on N side. Heather covered; probably a bowl barrow. <3> Three round barrows: (B) Ditched bowl (90328727) 50 yards NE of (A) at end of spur. Diam. 38ft., ht. 5 1/2ft., with ditch 6 1/2 wide and up to 1 ft deep. <4> SY 903872. Round barrows on Worgret Heath. Scheduled. <5> A circular mound, approximately 13.2m in diameter with a 1m wide outer ditch, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs <6> and Lidar imagery <7> of Worgret Heath, Wareham Town. It is considered likely to be the remains of the round barrow described above. It is one of two barrows lying adjacent to one another (see also MWX3889). This feature was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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<1> SWX2257 Map: Ordnance Survey. Various. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. Prov. Ed. 6 inch.
<2> SWX2943 Map: Grimes, W F. Annotated Record Map Corr. 6 (W F Grimes). 23.2.39.
<3> SDO11903 Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F1 NVQ 30-JUL-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. 435.
<5> SWX1558 Monograph: 1978. List of ancient monuments in England: Southern England. Vol 2. p59.
<6> SDO13439 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 6407.
<7> SDO13147 Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 2010. Lidar DSM.
<8> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 456657.

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Location

Grid reference	Centred SY 9033 8729 (17m by 17m) (9 map features)
Map sheet	SY98NW
Civil Parish	Wareham Town; Dorset
Unitary Authority	Dorset