Monument record MDO8249 - Mound, probable Bronze Age bowl barrow, Bindon Hill, West Lulworth

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Summary

A mound interpreted as a possible Bronze Age bowl barrow. In 1970 this monument was reported as being around 33 feet in diameter with a mound about 3½ feet high. A hole in the mound suggests that the barrow may have been the subject of antiquarian investigation.

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B - Bowl barrow, 11 paces diameter and 3ft. High. Measurements supplied by A F Southall. <2> Mound, possible barrow. It's diameter is 21ft and its height is 1.5ft. Its top has been opened and to its east is a circular depression. <4> B: SY 84088025. A probable bowl barrow, 11m. E. to W. and 13m. N to S. It is 1.2m. High. Both barrows are much mutilated. Surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. (see ground photograph). <6>

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1902.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. NVQ 10-JUL-52.
  • <2.1> Unpublished document: Grinsell, L V. 1935-54. Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript.
  • <3> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 140.
  • <4> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 446.
  • <5> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1980. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1977. 99. 125.
  • <6> Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F2 NVQ 16-AUG-81.
  • <7> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 455546.
  • <8> Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East).
  • <9> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 455546.

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Location

Grid reference SY 8409 8026 (point) Approximate
Map sheet SY88SW
Civil Parish West Lulworth; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 025 045
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: 455546
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 88 SW 4b
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: West Lulworth 45

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Aug 8 2022 12:29PM

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