Monument record MDO8745 - Bowl barrow on St Catherine's Hill, Christchurch
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Summary
A Bronze Age bowl barrow on St Catherine's Hill. The barrow survives as an earthwork 12 metres in diameter and 0.8 metres high, with faint traces of a ditch in the south and east quadrants. Excavations in 1921 by W G Wallace recorded an inverted urn containing a cremation and two flint flakes. An inverted collared urn was found in 1974 protruding from the top of the barrow. It contained a cremation burial and remains of a pigmy cup.A low sub-circular earthwork is visible at this location on current Lidar imagery and was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project. The remains of a post medieval watchtower are recorded at this location on the OS 1st Edition map.
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Type and Period (3)
Full Description
Bowl barrow. Diameter 14 paces, height 3 1/2ft. Excavated in 1921 by W.G.Wallace. Finds include a Middle Bronze Age urn of over-hanging rim type in an inverted position and containing a cremation - portions of the base and one side of the urn were missing, 2 flint flakes were found beneath the urn. (2-4)
Finds in Bournemouth NH & SS Museum. (5)
A bowl barrow, 12.0m. Diameter, 0.8m. High, with the faint suggestion of a ditch in the south and east quadrants. (6)
No change; published NSL 1:2500 survey correct. (7)
A disturbed burial urn was found in 1974 protruding from the top of this heavily eroded bowl barrow. It was removed for examination and found to be an Early Bronze Age collared urn, inverted, containing a cremation burial and the broken remains of a pigmy cup. (8)
A low sub-circular banked earthwork at this location is visible on current Lidar imagery at this location and was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project (10). The earthwork measured around 12.4m long by 10m wide. The remains of a watchtower are shown at this location on the OS 1st Edition map (11).
Sources/Archives (12)
- <1> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1931.
- <2> SWX2587 Map: Calkin, J B. 1949. Annotated Record Map Corr. 6 (J B Calkin 1949).
- <3> SWX3859 Article in serial: Wallace, W G. 1920-21. Excavations on St. Catherine's Hill, Christchurch; Proc. Bournemouth Natural Science Society 13. Vol 13. p65-66 Plan.
- <4> SWX3860 Article in serial: Williams-Freeman. 1920-24. Field Archaeology; Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society 9. Vol 9. p288.
- <5> SWX3470 Article in serial: Grinsell, L V. 1940. Hampshire Barrows; Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society 14. Vol 14. p19, 363.
- <6> SWX3798 Unpublished document: Woodhouse, W C. Various. Field Investigators Comments WCW. F1 WCW 15-JUL-54.
- <7> SWX3817 Unpublished document: Phillips, A S. Various. Field Investigators Comments ASP. F2 ASP 31-MAR-69.
- <9> SWX3864 Article in serial: Hedges, M E, and Aiken, P. 1975. Rescue Archaeology in Hampshire. No 3. p39-42.plan, illus.
- <10> SDO15442 Aerial Photograph: XX-XXX-2015. Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m.
- <11> SDO10239 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
- <12> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 458434.
- <12> SDO20590 Unpublished document: Jefferies, Jeff. 1999. The Barrows of Christchurch. Their Past, Present and Future. Appendix 1. Barrow Record 4.
Finds (7)
- COLLARED URN (Early Bronze Age to Middle Bronze Age - 1900 BC to 1501 BC)
- FLAKE (Early Bronze Age to Middle Bronze Age - 1900 BC to 1501 BC)
- COLLARED URN (Early Bronze Age to Middle Bronze Age - 1900 BC to 1501 BC)
- PYGMY CUP (Early Bronze Age to Middle Bronze Age - 1900 BC to 1501 BC)
- FOOD RESIDUE (Early Bronze Age to Middle Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 1501 BC)
- URN (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
- FLAKE (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (4)
- Event - Intervention: St Catherine's Hill, Christchurch; earthmoving to stabilise barrows 1976 (EDO4954)
- Event - Intervention: St Catherines Hill, Christchurch; excavation 1966 (EDO7338)
- Event - Intervention: St Catherines Hill, Christchurch; excavation 1966 (EDO7339)
- Event - Intervention: St. Catherine's Hill, Christchurch; Excavation of the northernmost Barrow (EWX710)
Location
| Grid reference | SZ 1433 9592 (point) (3 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SZ19NW |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 8 000 060
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SZ 19 NW 22
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 458434
Record last edited
Mar 20 2024 11:11AM