Monument record MDO990 - Bowl barrow on Lord's Down, Dewlish

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Summary

Bronze Age bowl barrow. In 1970 this monument was recorded as around 50 feet in diameter with a mound about 3 feet high, and much plouched. This barrow is thought to have been opened around 1883, when a cremation burial in a Late Bronze Age bucket-urn was found.

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'A' Much ploughed bowl barrow at SY 78620740, on a gentle south slope near Milborne Wood. Diameter about 50 feet; height 3 feet. <4> Round barrow east of Milborne Wood. SY 786974, Scheduled. <5> 'A'. SY 78629740, diameter 16.0m., height 0.5m. Both barrows are in arable and have been much ploughed down. Neither has a visible ditch. Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <6>

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <1> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1884. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club. 5. 30.
  • <2> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 104.
  • <3> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1963.
  • <4> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1. 89.
  • <5> Monograph: Department of the Environment. 1977. Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England Vol 2. 2. 63.
  • <6> Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F1 JGB 1980-10-01.
  • <7> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 454548.

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Location

Grid reference SY 7862 9740 (point)
Map sheet SY79NE
Civil Parish Dewlish; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 040 016
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 79 NE 24 A
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 454548
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Dewlish 16

Record last edited

Sep 22 2023 10:29AM

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