Monument record MDO8379 - Bronze Age bowl barrow, Emmetts Hill, Worth Matravers
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Summary
Bowl barrow on Emmetts Hill, urns reportedly found. Recorded as being around 75 feet in diameter with a mound about 1½ feet high and much reduced by ploughing. The low mound is visible as earthworks on lidar.
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Full Description
SY 96287647. Bowl barrow, 25 paces diameter and 1 1/2ft high on Emmetts Hill but spread by ploughing. Urns are said to have been found <1.1>. <1>
SY 96287647. Bowl barrow, 75ft diameter and 1 1/2ft high. Ploughed. Same information as Authy <1>. <2>
SY 96297647: Bowl barrow, 100m OD in arable, much ploughed and spread. Surveyed at 1:2500. Occupied by Mr James, Renscombe Farm, Worth Maltravers. <3>
Site visited by MPPA and now exists as a slight mound 0.25m high at most. There is little scope for the survival of buried deposits on account of the depth of the ploughing. <4>
The low mound was digitally plotted from lidar during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset). <6-7>
Sources/Archives (9)
- <1> SDO132 Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 160.
- <1.1> SWX2763 Monograph: Purbeck Papers 38.
- <2> 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. 474, No 36.
- <3> SWX2704 Unpublished document: Wardale, C F. Various. Field Investigators Comments CFW. F1 CFW 05-FEB-86.
- <4> SDO18279 Scheduling record: English Heritage. English Heritage Alternative Action Report. MPPA, 05-May-1999.
- <5> SDO17434 Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East).
- <6> SDO12878 Photograph: Channel Coastal Observatory. 23-MAR-2008. Lidar.
- <7> SDO12879 Aerial Photograph: Channel Coastal Observatory. 25-FEB-2009. Lidar.
- <8> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 456496.
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Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SY 96299 76483 (38m by 27m) (3 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY97NE |
| Civil Parish | Worth Matravers; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 028 036
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 97 NE 59
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 456496
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Worth Matravers 36
Record last edited
Mar 27 2023 5:13PM
