Monument record MWX678 - Bowl Barrow, one of the Worgret Heath Group, Arne

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Summary

Bronze Age bowl barrow recorded as being around 40 feet in diameter with a mound about 4 feet high. This barrow was totally excavated in 1964 by Dr G J Wainwright, who found burnt deposits in bits, but no trace of bones, and above them an upright biconical urn and an inverted bucket urn.

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A circular mound, approximately 15m in diameter surrounded by a 1.5m wide outer ditch, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of Worgret Hill, Arne <7-8>. It is one of a group of dispersed barrows which make up the Worgret Heath group. This feature was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. Various. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. Prov. Ed. 6 inch.
  • <2> Map: Grimes, W F. 1948. Annotated Record Map Corr. 6 (W F Grimes 24 2 48).
  • <3> Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F1 NVQ 29-JUL-52.
  • <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.
  • <5> Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1982. Dorset Barrows Supplement. p15, 32.
  • <6> Scheduling record: DCMS. 1999. Scheduled Monument Notification 1999. 04-FEB-1999.
  • <7> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 14-MAR-1945. RAF 106G/LA/194 236-38.
  • <8> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 6407.
  • <9> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 456651.

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Grid reference Centred SY 9003 8707 (20m by 20m) (9 map features)
Map sheet SY98NW
Civil Parish Arne; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 002 029
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 98 NW 3 B
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 456651
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Arne 29

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Feb 3 2024 9:01AM

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